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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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My first project with ESPHome (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I got myself an ESP32 with an integrated e-ink display. This little project shows when the next bus to the city leaves, and the current time. I get the live bus data from Skyss through the Entur integration in Home Assistant. Might have to get a few more of these to tinker with.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

https://esphome.io has documentation on all the components, how to draw sth on a display and a few example projects under "Cookbook".

[–] incogtino 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I just got a couple of cheap chinese ESP32s and was going to start with some Arduino IDE programming, but I'll have a look at esphome too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I can recommend PlatformIO or Arduino. Or MicroPython, CircuitPython ... if you're into that or the learning curve for C proves to be too steep. ESPhome is really great for connecting to HomeAssistant or doing some standard IoT stuff and getting results without too much coding.

The ESP32 are really versatile and a good choice to get your fingers dirty with (in my opinion).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

sth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

"something": how to draw something on the display. Sorry, I'm a bit lazy when typing on my phone.