here is the code code for running the cat wheel speedometer on #ESPHome and #HomeAssistant directly, rather than through MQTT and Arduino coding on the ESP32
https://sarahdal.github.io/home%20assistant/2025/03/30/Cat-speedo-2.html
So my much-hated Ring 2 doorbell just plain died and I thank it for it as it forces me to finally change it.
In emergency I built a small button + buzzer simple doorbell with an ESP32 running #ESPHome. At least this will now * reliably* rings into my #HomeAssistant setup (makes the whole house blink ). Will install today.
This ESP32 board will be controlling the low-voltage blinds in the apartment. Happy that the normal AC switches work as contacts. (Not sure why I doubted they would).
Just like that, a Mitsubishi mini split is now controllable via #esphome and the ever brilliant #homeassistant
$10 in parts and about 20 mins of time. (case 3d printing overnight so it looks like it belongs)
details to follow in a video/blog post
This is the frustrating thing about #ESPHome for me. Updating is always kind of a pain in the ass. Maybe I just don't understand how to manage them. Idk.
ESPHome Developers released #ESPHome version 2025.3.2. https://esphome.io/
Hoje pro #TerSoftware vou falar de #ESPHome .
Ele é uma camada que facilita muito tudo que antes se fazia com o sistema Arduino. Você define os sensores compatíveis e conecta na sua plaquinha ESP32 e boom você tem um sensor / relê etc rodando totalmente localmente sem nenhuma conexão (obrigatório) com o tal cloud e integrado fácil no #homeassistant
Pode involver solda mas têm soluções para se livrar (eu finalmente aprendi e gostei).
Não sei se alguém tem um link de um bom tutorial em 
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That's an InkBird Bluetooth temperature-humidity sensor inside the proofing cupboard. There's also an M5Stack AtomLite running #ESPHome acting as the Bluetooth relay to #homeassistant (in another room).
Whole weekend fucking around with #esphome writing a custom component and guessing how to do it. I don't know why I enjoy it, hahaha
Just finished my two ESP32 with 800x600 Touchscreen running ESPHome (LVGL) via PoE LAN 
ESPHome Developers released #ESPHome version 2025.3.1. https://esphome.io/
Not the best camera placement, but I truely, truely love the combination of #Homeassistant (Dashboard), #ESPHome (Controllable RGB Ligthing), #Octoprint (Camera Host) and some custom #Python coding (to query my RRF printer) in this picture 
Fully #FOSS from start to finish 
#3DJGummikuh
Having a go at setting up home assistant with ESPHome since it’s high time I chucked Alexa out
#HomeAssistant #ESPHome (https://brainsteam.co.uk/notes/2025/03/22/1742636865/)
My #shelly RGBW PM (esp32) refused to connect to the WPA2 PSK Accesspoint I created on my Raspberry3 while connecting fine to WiFi accsspoints created on other linux devices. Even flashing it with a current #esphome firmware did not help.
After trying a lot of different things, I finally figured out that setting 802-11-wireless-security.proto to rsn makes it work. Even though the documentation says, the default should work.
Posting it just in case someone else runs into it :-)
I have been pretty negative about AGI, but I decided to give the new Gemini release a go at a problem I ran into with ESPHome.
Specifically, I have a few inexpensive ESPHome devices scattered around the house that receive data from Home Assistant and display it. The issue is that on bootup, they are waiting for HA to push new data from the entities that they monitor.
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