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DIY and HA (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by gblues@lemmy.zip to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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A little question for the HA and DIY crossroad. Has anyone here made your own sensors/devices with arduino, pi or some other microcontroller/sbc to interact with HA? I have some spare parts around and I'm thinking in something simple, like an air quality, maybe a little weather station or something to tell me if the garage door is opened or close, something simple, yet usable. I had a look on instructables, but I wished for something that would integrate with my first HA experience. Any thoughts?

Edit: thanks everyone for the replies. If you could share how-tos to this projects or anything it would be awesome. You are a great community indeed! :)

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[–] dmtalon 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ya, as others have said... esp32 (or esphome)

I have a 4 temp sensor (two DS18B20) that are attached to my in/out water lines to my geothermal water loop, and 2 (DHT22) in the air stream showing/logging IN/OUT air temp.

Don't mind my terrible ms paint drawing :)

[–] gblues@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Wow, awesome! Thanks for sharing it.