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If anyone is going to do it I highly recommend just going with esphome now for the firmware, it’s way simpler and better maintained. You can even update the fir

If anyone is going to do it I highly recommend just going with esphome now for the firmware, it’s way simpler and better maintained. You can even update the firmware over the network.

ck2 3y ago
Thanks for the tip https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pm1006.html https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pm1006.html https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-vindriktning-air-quality-sensor/324599 https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-vindriktning-air-...
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  How on EARTH did I not know esphome existed?! Why am I bothering with this heterogeneous plate of home coded ESP and Arduino spaghetti throughout my house?! Thanks for sharing!
  - stavros 3y ago
    I do love ESPhome, but I don't know why they don't support a simple PIR sensor.
    - tda 3y ago
      A simple pir sensor just has a digital out that is either high or low. That is supported as a digital in sensor. Only for devices with a more complicated protocol (mostly i2c, spi and uart) you need a special sensor specific integration
      - stavros 3y ago
        Oh is it? I tried to look for that but couldn't find it, thanks! I can't wait for it to get Zigbee support!
tga 3y ago
And if you want to turn your ESP8266 into a standalone appliance, with a web interface and directly editable config that doesn't need a build step, Tasmota is another great option. https://tasmota.github.io/docs/ https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
gerdesj 3y ago
If you install Home Assistant (HAOS or Supervised) on something then ESPHome is a one click install with a web GUI. There's an OVA for HAOS as well as all the usual suspects - amd_64, RPi and more. If you don't want all that stuff then do it from the command prompt, most Linux distros have it in the package manager and no doubt Mac n that have easy to install options.

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If anyone is going to do it I highly recommend just going with esphome now for the firmware, it’s way simpler and better maintained. You can even update the fir

by PaulBGD_ 3y ago

If anyone is going to do it I highly recommend just going with esphome now for the firmware, it’s way simpler and better maintained. You can even update the firmware over the network.

ck2 3y ago
Thanks for the tip https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pm1006.html https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pm1006.html https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-vindriktning-air-quality-sensor/324599 https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-vindriktning-air-...
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  How on EARTH did I not know esphome existed?! Why am I bothering with this heterogeneous plate of home coded ESP and Arduino spaghetti throughout my house?! Thanks for sharing!
  - stavros 3y ago
    I do love ESPhome, but I don't know why they don't support a simple PIR sensor.
    - tda 3y ago
      A simple pir sensor just has a digital out that is either high or low. That is supported as a digital in sensor. Only for devices with a more complicated protocol (mostly i2c, spi and uart) you need a special sensor specific integration
      - stavros 3y ago
        Oh is it? I tried to look for that but couldn't find it, thanks! I can't wait for it to get Zigbee support!
tga 3y ago
And if you want to turn your ESP8266 into a standalone appliance, with a web interface and directly editable config that doesn't need a build step, Tasmota is another great option. https://tasmota.github.io/docs/ https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
gerdesj 3y ago
If you install Home Assistant (HAOS or Supervised) on something then ESPHome is a one click install with a web GUI. There's an OVA for HAOS as well as all the usual suspects - amd_64, RPi and more. If you don't want all that stuff then do it from the command prompt, most Linux distros have it in the package manager and no doubt Mac n that have easy to install options.