The ESP32-P4-EYE is one of Espressif’s newest dev kits: a tiny “camera-in-a-box” based on the ESP32-P4 SoC, with a built-in LCD, 2 MP camera, microphone, MicroSD and dual USB-C ports. It’s designed as a ready-made platform for AI vision and…
12V LED strips (RGB or RGBW) are one of the easiest ways to add smart lighting to a room – behind the TV, under cabinets, around the bed, or as indirect ceiling lighting. With an ESP32, a few MOSFETs, and…
An ESP32 with an IR LED and a small IR receiver can replace multiple remotes: This guide shows how to: 1. Hardware Required Important: Don’t drive an IR LED directly from an ESP32 GPIO at full current – always use…
A simple boiler or electric heater can behave like a full smart thermostat using: This guide shows how to build a room or boiler thermostat with: Both DS18B20 (wired, accurate, great for pipes/tanks) and SHT45 (room temp/humidity) are covered. 1.…
A simple ESP32 + relay module can turn almost any boiler or electric water heater into a smart, automated device controlled by Home Assistant.With the right wiring and automations you can: This guide covers both ESPHome and MQTT (Arduino) approaches…
The ESP32-P4-Function-EV-Board v1.5.2 is Espressif’s flagship multimedia dev kit for the ESP32-P4: On top of that, the board carries an ESP32-C6-MINI-1 module that provides Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth LE connectivity. All ESP32-P4 GPIOs that Espressif exposes are routed to a…
(Safe Pins, ADC, I²C, SPI, USB, RGB LED) The ESP32-H2-DevKitM-1 is Espressif’s low-power Bluetooth LE + 802.15.4 (Zigbee/Thread/Matter) dev board based on the ESP32-H2-MINI-1/1U module. It’s basically an “ESP32 without Wi-Fi” but with full BLE + Zigbee/Matter support and 4…
This guide explains the ESP32-C6 DevKitC-1 v1.2 pinout, showing which GPIOs are safe ,which affect boot or native USB and how to pick pins for ADC, I²C, SPI, UART, and the RGB LED. The ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1 v1.2 is Espressif’s entry-level board…
(LCD, encoder, RGB LED, audio, IR, “safe” pins) The ESP32-C3-LCDkit is a small all-in-one dev board with: It’s perfect for small GUI gadgets, knobs, thermostats, timers – but many GPIOs are already “spoken for” by the LCD and other peripherals.…
(Safe pins, ADC, I²C, SPI, UART, RGB LED) The ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1 is Espressif’s tiny RISC-V dev board based on the ESP32-C3-MINI-1 / MINI-1U module – a very compact Wi-Fi + BLE module with 4 MB flash. It’s designed to plug into…
(Safe pins, ADC, I²C, SPI, UART, LED) The ESP32-C3-DevKitC-02 is Espressif’s small RISC-V dev board based on the ESP32-C3-WROOM-02 module (4 MB flash, Wi-Fi + BLE). Almost all useful GPIOs are broken out on the two headers J1 and J3.…
(Safe Pins, ADC, I²C, SPI – and why there is no touch) ESP32-C2 is the small brother in the ESP32 family: Wi-Fi 4 + BLE 5, RISC-V core at up to 120 MHz, and only 14 GPIOs – the ESP8684…
ESP-NOW is a proprietary low-power, low-latency wireless protocol by Espressif that allows ESP32 boards to talk directly to each other without creating full Wi-Fi connections. It’s ideal for building a fast sensor network that reports into Home Assistant through a…
A “smart” bathroom fan should: Below is a complete Home Assistant implementation that uses: The logic is split into three parts: 1. Prerequisites: Entities Used Assumed entities: If the fan is a switch, just replace fan.bathroom_fan with switch.bathroom_fan in the…
When an ESP32 randomly resets, freezes, or shows a “Guru Meditation Error”, one of the simplest and most effective ways to find the problem is to log progress to the Serial Monitor. The idea is very basic: Add Serial.println(“Line X”);…
