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ESPHome 2021.8.0 has just been released! Interesting new features are native support voor the AM43 cover motors (Blutooth low energy), DSMR, PipSolar, a few Particulate Matter Sensors and RGBCT light, with support for correction of...
Introduction Our previous design, the ET-AL01 Analog LED controller, was designed to control the regular “Analog” (RGB) LED strips. These strips are easy in use, but due to the way they work, the whole strip...
Today Espressif systems, the company behind the ESP8266 and ESP32 controllers, announced a new generation of their ESP32 lineup. In this new generation, Espressif will use again the RISC-V architecture CPU like in the ESP32-C3 ...
A little while back I came across this great github repo by ‘Dominik’ a 26 year old .NET & Web developer from Austria. He made this custom esphome.io component for a esp32 or esp8266 based...
Background During the extensive testing of our designs we ran into issues with some modules not wanting to boot up after a power cycle. This was happening about 8 out of 10 times. The first...
The ET-AL01 Analog LED Controller The process of designing a circuit starts with an idea. Sometimes the idea is based on a question of someone else, and sometimes it is just seeing the need or...
Introduction Michel asked me to design an analog LED controller with 5 channels, since he wanted to be able to control a nice LED strip with an RGB LED and a warm white and cool white...
!!! Please mind we are getting reports that this products no longer houses a esp8266 chip !!! This time we put esphome on a Tuya Smart IR Remote Control WiFi IR Blaster which we bought...
We got a nice little surprise in the mail today. The all new Sonoff DualR3, a Dual Relay Wi-Fi Smart Switch with Power Metering. With this ESP ‘thing’ you can operate (2) lights, appliances and...
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