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jtonline<p>Wondering how to make the battery last longer on my <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPHome</span></a> display thing. I think I want to make it sleep pretty much most of the time, except a couple of fixed times a day, or if I press a button. Somehow!</p>
Syralist<p>Mein CO2 Sensor hat jetzt einen Batman Modus. 🦇<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>(Manchmal sind die Sensoren noch nicht initialisiert, wenn das Display zum ersten Mal nach dem Booten aktualisiert wird. Dann liefern die den Wert NaN not a number.)<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/gpn23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gpn23</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/CO2Monitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2Monitor</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/batman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>batman</span></a></p>
Olivier Mehani<p><strong>Water tank level sensor: 4–20mA current loop, ESPHome, and Home Assistant</strong></p><p><a href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/2025/06/30/water-tank-level-sensor-4-20ma-current-loop-esphome-and-home-assistant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.narf.ssji.net/2025/06/30/</span><span class="invisible">water-tank-level-sensor-4-20ma-current-loop-esphome-and-home-assistant/</span></a></p><p>Our house water comes from a rain water tank. I built an ESPHome device, based on an Olimex ESP32-PoE2, to interface a 4-20mA current-loop liquid pressure sensor, and keep track of the water level in Home Assistant.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/tag/clk_mode/" target="_blank">#clkMode</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/tag/electronics/" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/tag/esphome/" target="_blank">#ESPHome</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/tag/homeassistant/" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/tag/olimex-esp32-poe2/" target="_blank">#OlimexESP32PoE2</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://blog.narf.ssji.net/tag/water-tank-sensor/" target="_blank">#waterTankSensor</a></p>
Wolkensteine<p>All switches are connected to an <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a>, which is connected to my <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> over <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPHome</span></a>. I am just using a binary sensor. Like this I can do this very easily and it is nicer to integrate with lamps etc. The LED-Strip on my mic arm is powered by another ESP32 running <a href="https://mastodon.wolkenheim.eu/tags/WLED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WLED</span></a> by the way. The ESP gets its power even from the other ESP across the desk.</p>
Charlie O’Hara<p>I wrote another thing about home automation and alarms and stuff.</p><p>This time I talk about planning a basic level of hardwired security into my apartment, and what prep work has been necessary.</p><p><a href="https://awfulwoman.com/posts/planning-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">awfulwoman.com/posts/planning-</span><span class="invisible">security/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAutomation</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ESPhome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPhome</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/HomeSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
Unixorn - 90% Snark by weight<p>I'm looking at setting up an auto-feeder for my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/aquarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquarium</span></a>. I would like to find one that either has a native <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> integration, or is at least easy to override it's native controller with an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a> brainworm I can run <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> on.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/esp32" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>esp32</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/esphome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>esphome</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/homeassistant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homeassistant</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/aquarium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aquarium</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/nanotank" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nanotank</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/shrimptank" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shrimptank</span></a></span> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/shrimptank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrimptank</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nanotank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanotank</span></a></p>
m0veax<p>Ich habe das <a href="https://det.social/tags/blinkyparts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkyparts</span></a> Unicorn mit einem ESP8266 und einen Transistor per <a href="https://det.social/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPHome</span></a> mit <a href="https://det.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeassistant</span></a> steuerbar gemacht. Jetzt blinkt es, wenn der Bewegungsmelder an der Gartentür auslöst und ich weiß das ich die Katzen reinlassen kann :) Danke an die lieben Menschen im <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@chaospott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chaospott</span></a></span> die mir bei der Erweiterung geholfen haben. Für mich war es das erste Mal, dass ich bei einem Lötprojekt von der Blaupause abgewichen bin ❤️</p>
Adrian McEwen<p>I've been doing a bit of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.mcqn.com/@MCQN_Ltd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MCQN_Ltd</span></a></span> project archaeology of late. As a result I'm rather pleased with getting this LED to blink in response to the Mastodon API</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/weeknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weeknotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NodeRED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NodeRED</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ibal12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibal12</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ibal177" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibal177</span></a></p>
Paco Garcia<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pdx.social/@courtney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>courtney</span></a></span> I use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeassistant</span></a> so I prefer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a></p>
Courtney Rosenthal<p>Yesterday, I had a programming jig 3D printed for this Sonoff S31 device. Looking good!</p><p>The contact pins should be arriving this weekend. Assuming the assembly goes ok, the next question is ESPHome or Tasmota? (I'm leaning towards the first.)</p><p><a href="https://pdx.social/tags/sonoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonoff</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/espHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espHome</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/tasmota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmota</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/homeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeAssistant</span></a></p>
Courtney Rosenthal<p>The Sonoff S31 with native firmware has been a terrible disappointment. It still requires the app to pair, pairing is insanely hard, and then when done, it appears that Home Assistant (using a HACS integration) doesn't see it. (I'm guessing the issue is getting mDNS to traverse my VLANs.)</p><p>I think I'm going to need to flash a firmware to use this. So onto the tail of the project queue it goes.</p><p><a href="https://pdx.social/tags/homeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/sonoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonoff</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/espHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espHome</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/tasmota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmota</span></a></p>
Olimex<p>Step by Step instructions how to make smart home WiFi device with ESP32-EVB and Home Assistant without single line of code! <a href="https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/step-by-step-instructions-how-to-make-smart-home-wifi-connected-device-with-esp32-evb-and-home-assistant-without-any-programming/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">olimex.wordpress.com/2025/05/3</span><span class="invisible">0/step-by-step-instructions-how-to-make-smart-home-wifi-connected-device-with-esp32-evb-and-home-assistant-without-any-programming/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/espressif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espressif</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeassistant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a></p>
Charlie O’Hara<p>*salutes cable CORE/BTH/07, due to be buried behind a wall, likely until the world ends* <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a></p>
Charlie O’Hara<p>Sad that I missed attending a <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> community day event. But glad that the reason was because I took the chance to install the first sensors in my bathroom renovation, during a pause in construction work. </p><p>Having everything open is a once in a quarter century chance to hardwire in leak detectors beneath bath, sink, and washing machine. (All going back to a central ESP32 board). </p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a></p>
stfn<p>My comms and sensors center is running strong!<br>From left to right:<br><br>Seeed studio ESP32C3 with BME280 running <a href="https://fedi.stfn.pl/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a><br><br>RTL-SDR running <a href="https://fedi.stfn.pl/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADS</span></a>-B data gathering<br><br>Seeed Studio LoRa running <a href="https://fedi.stfn.pl/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a><br><br>All devices connected to a PoE powered <a href="https://fedi.stfn.pl/tags/raspberrypi4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi4</span></a> (the LoRa and esphome just use it as a USB power adapter)<br><br>Thanks to PoE I need to only have one cable coming from my switch.</p>
Borys Pierov<p>Now that I could just plug the board into a random USB power adapter, and the LED strip into the board, the only remaining piece was software. Since I was relying on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPHome</span></a>, it was just a matter of setting up my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> as a time-source and wiring a loop to switch LEDs every second. The only tricky part was translating indices to take into account LED strip being a single continuous sequence of lights arranged in a zigzag manner. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndicesOfTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndicesOfTime</span></a></p>
Borys Pierov<p>For the hardware, I knew I wanted to go with ESP32. It's ubiquitous and cheap. While I have some experience programming for it, my intent was to actually avoid need to do so thanks to the fantastic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPHome</span></a>. It's surely an overkill for this project, but it would just take few dozen lines of YAML config and would give me Over-the-Air updates, logs and what not. So here I am, looking for a way to drive WS2182 with an ESP32 controller. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndicesOfTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndicesOfTime</span></a></p>
TuxTux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> <br>Die sind nur die <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/SpitzedesEisbergs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpitzedesEisbergs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/Saugroboter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saugroboter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/WlanSteckdosen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WlanSteckdosen</span></a> , bzw. generell <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/Smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smarthome</span></a> - Produkte aus Fernost funken alles brav "nach Hause".</p><p>Es gibt aber zumindest für Tüftler oft Alternativen aus dem <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> Bereich.<br>In Form von Soft-/Firmware welche die datensammelnde Herstellersoftware ersetzt.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/Valetudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valetudo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/Tasmota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/EspHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EspHome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/Homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homeassistant</span></a></p>
Daniel Buzzo<p>Hacked the firmware on a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geekmagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geekmagic</span></a> smallTV and got <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esphome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esphome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeassistant</span></a> running on it - wrote new software that serves up quotes from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/therules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>therules</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sistercoritakent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sistercoritakent</span></a> and#johncage <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obliquestrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obliquestrategies</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peterschmidt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peterschmidt</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brianeno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brianeno</span></a> and rules from the notes on the studio walls of my partner to make special birthday present for her - ‘mouseTV - 192 inspirations by artists for artists’</p>
Lucas Janin 🇨🇦🇫🇷<p>My laser saver for yesterday, May 4. :-)</p><p>Building an ESPHome multi-sensor: Bluetooth proxy (mainly for Bermuda BLE trilateration), temperature, humidity, and motion sensors.. I used an D1 Mini ESP32 AM313 + BME280. Currently testing the HC-SR501. It is larger, but the sensitivity and delay can be adjusted.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4May" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4May</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPHome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeAutomation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a></p>