ESP32 W5500 Ethernet Bluetooth Proxy for Home Assistant
Build an ESP32 W5500 Ethernet Bluetooth Proxy for Home Assistant with ESPHome. Includes W5500 SPI wiring, YAML, active connections, PoE options, placement and troubleshooting.
Raspberry Pi Pico W vs ESP32: Which Is Better for IoT & Home Assistant? (2026)
Raspberry Pi Pico W vs ESP32 for IoT and Home Assistant in 2026: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ESPHome, BLE proxy, GPIO, ADC, power, performance and which board to choose.
Best ESP32 for Bluetooth Proxy: C3 vs C6 vs S3 vs ESP32
Quick Summary (TL;DR):For a dedicated Home Assistant Bluetooth Proxy in 2026, the ESP32-C3 is the best-value Wi-Fi proxy: it is cheap, tiny, widely available, has Bluetooth 5 LE, 400 KB SRAM and more than enough CPU for continuous BLE scanning…
Best ESP32 for Home Assistant: S3 vs C3 vs C6 vs C5
Quick Summary (TL;DR):For most new Home Assistant + ESPHome projects in 2026, the ESP32-C6 is the best default choice: it is inexpensive, mature, supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE and IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee/Thread, and has enough CPU and…