ESPHome Guide for Advanced and Intermediate Users

ESPHome along with Home Assistant is really powerful for creating your own smart home sensors. This video builds on the Beginners Guide video I did and provides information about more aspects of ESPHome.

We take a look at analog inputs, light components, FSR force sensors, Lambdas and more.

In my opinion the most useful bit is creating discipline around your YAML configuration files.

Here are some links which reference the areas of ESPHome I use in this video:

00:00 Intro
01:14 YAML Configuration Template File
02:26 Defining Substitution constants in YAML
02:58 Adding Restart Button / Entity to Home Assistant
03:33 Arduino versus ESP-IDF Framework
03:49 Connected Status LEDs to a DIY Sensor
04:44 Adding an FSR Force Sensor to your sensor / ADC Component
07:13 Update Interval, Internal Parameter and Filters
08:03 Lambdas
09:14 ESPHome Automations
10:10 Adding a push button to your sensor
11:13 ESPHome Scripts
12:13 Compile Errors / Clean Build Files
12:52 Outro

#esphome #homeassistant #sensor

[OPB]

A video that has been needed for FOREVER.

PLEASE MAKE MORE.

[substandard]

Excellent! I needed this a year ago 😂 I like that you highlighted the option to run the logic on the board rather than in HA, that's a key benefit of esphome and mostly overlooked.

[NoCPU]

It's a fantastic video and hitting a real gap in YT. Excited to see what you release next

[Riichrd]

"Unless someone is passed out on the bed diagonally" cracked me up, I can relate 😅

[ilco]

this is wat i so desperatly need more of . great video .would love to see more guides on eps home

[HologramaZen]

Excellent content!!! So clean, clear, and professional!! Please continue making these videos!

[sch]

This is a great overview and really brings a lot of clarity. Thank you so much

[colormaker]

Very nice, I’m going to binge watch your channel tonight Subscribed ❤

[jimbo]

Thank you for your instructive videos. very helpful

[RajveerSingh-vfpr]

Sir, do you have to use home assistant?
is there a product available for standalone esp devices, like wled

[uSlackr]

One clarification - you mention that with lambda functions, a lot of the work can be done on the esphome device, but changes will require new firmware. You are able to pass along value from HA into esphome for some customization. For instance, I needed to offset a sensor value to calibrate it and I was able to use a helper in HA to make the adjustment and pass it to esphome without the need for a firmware change.

[uSlackr]

Thanks for this. i've done a deep dive into ESPhome this past month or so and have learned a lot. I'm looking to automate a small commercial brewery and it appears ESPhome tied to Home Assistant is up to the task.

[missko]

Really good educational video thanks!
if I could wish for something, it would be an ESP home project with a load cell, scale, hx711, ESP32 with integration to Home Assistant with calibration and tare and zero function.

[floi.]

@lets-automate How is it possible to use instead of wifi a usb connection for data and stuff? Can you please explain How to get usb running in esphome?

[giantbrain]

nice video.I want to ask, how do I do it if I want to share my IoT project with my family, so that the remaining family connects to the internet, then my esphome device directly connects to my family's new network. Thank you.

[avri]

For stuff like wifi ssid and password you should use secrets rather than substitutions