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The entire ESP ecosystem is quite accessible for people of modest technical ability. HomeAssistant+ ESPHome + ESP32 in particular is a good stack because it ta
by Havoc 1y ago
The entire ESP ecosystem is quite accessible for people of modest technical ability.
HomeAssistant+ ESPHome + ESP32 in particular is a good stack because it takes away most of the complexity. Common sensors have ESPHome code available with a quick google so just need to connect the wires right basically
- mlhpdx 1y agoIndeed about ESP32 being approachable. I particularly enjoyed finding and messing about with the Cheap Yellow Display. It’s a fun little platform and with LVGL making it pretty is a joy. Would have been a nicer fit (smaller bevel) than the LCD in this project at about the same cost.
- NoiseBert69 1y agoProblem is that ESP32s are super power hungry once you start using BLE or Wifi. For BLE you can use STM32s and Nordics. But Wifi-on-Chip is ESP32-only.
- aksss 1y agoBLE and WiFi are power hungry on any platform. LoRaWAN or zigbee are better for low power, low bw comms. Kinda sacrifice simplicity & ubiquity of support in that you need a gateway/router of some sort, but they are solid solutions with long range and high penetration.