This is SO Much Better! Getting Started with ESPHome 2021

ESPHome just got a major update that makes it even easier than before for anyone to get started with ESPHome and Home Assistant in a matter of minutes, in this beginners guide to getting started with ESPHome and Home Assistant, I will show you how easy it is to build your own custom DIY Smart Home projects by installing ESPHome onto your esp8266 or esp32 based devices, we cover how to install esphome, how to install esphome to your esp based devices, how to create a basic config and how to create a simple LED and WiFi temperature sensor using the Dallas temperature sensor.

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0:00 - Intro
1:41 - What is ESPHome?
2:30 - PCBWay.
3:15 - Parts you will need
4:05 - Check compatible sensors
4:20 - Installing the ESPHome Add-on
4:56 - ESPHome basic config
6:44 - Installing your first ESPHome Node
8:07 - ESPHome UI and Basic Config explained
13:14 - Using ESPHome Secrets
15:15 - Check ESPHome Logs
16:06 - Adding a light component to ESPHome
22:26 - Adding ESPHome to Home Assistant
23:27 - Adding a Dallas Temperature Sensor

[RinksRides]

I know this is 2yrs old, but I just jumped down this rabbit hole of home assistant. Your examples were simple enough to understand but powerful enough to implement straight away! Thank you kind sir. Video was just the right length and speed to follow along with. Subbed/liked. Will be checking out the rest of your videos!

[marian]

Fantastic video! So proud of myself, I have just added a buzzer via ESPHome to Home Assistant, so that if the water leak sensor under the sink gets wet it triggers the buzzer. Shouldn't wake the neighbours but should be loud and annoying enough for us to get off the sofa and investigate. I know I wouldn't have attempted this without this video. BTW, although the HA documentation says use Edge/Chrome, Safari allowed a cut-down version to be created and the rest of the installation completed by installing OTA/plugging the USB and installing into the HA hardware. Whatever I did, it worked! Absolutely delighted! Share my pride!

[Musicman-]

I just needed some entry level basics on ESPhome, and you flawlessly delivered. 👍😊

[MattSimmonsSysAdmin]

This is absolutely the best overview of ESPHome I've watched. Kudos! Thanks very much for this!

[acronce]

Great video! Great timing because I'm planning to build my first ESP project (a car sensor for the garage) this weekend. Thanks for reading my mind!

[johnduffy]

No, not too long at all! I've watched it three times already. Great job, thanks!

[kslover]

This is a great video! Lots of good info, well explained. I am new to HA and Esphome and was having trouble getting started, but I was able to get going after watching this video.

[lipefas]

Thank you for your effort to go through it all. Excellent job! Cheers

[IanTakats]

Thanks for doing this video. You go at a perfect pace to follow along. You've convinced me to start tinkering with ESPHome myself. With all your guidance on this and with your other Home Assistant videos I am sure it will be easy as pie.

[Europhile]

I'm checking and then ticking the options! Thanks for the video - very helpful.

[bussinesmoney]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Im a noobie in this field, but I really like to make this type of projects and your vids help me a lot

[lewishoward]

Got this working after a short while actually was fairly easy thanks.

[simonfr]

I am preparing to install Home Assistant at my home in the coming weeks, and I've been watchig a lot of your videos, which are very helpful to me. I am planning on having most of my hardware connected through Zigbee, ESPHome, some through other integrations, remote Wake On Lan for my servers, and a nice Minimalist UI dashboard. All of this will probably be running on my RPi4, but might switch to another host down the line when I will implement local voice assistant.

PS : nice to see another Mighty Car Mods fan, wearing one of their hoodies as I am typing this 😉

[bennylloyd-willner]

Great video, I'm not that used to Home Assistant yet (referring to the nomenclature knowledge you spoke about😀), started using it 5 days ago, but you explained this very well so I could easily follow you all the way through. I will use this to build some units for checking doors at the chicken coop, rabbit cages, horse gates, dog kennel, etc. I also just build a new hen house so I'll put in a humidity and temperature sensor there as well. I've been a tech geek all my life and now I can, at last, get my smart house going for real. Decades ago I was thinking of designing my own proprietary system, but this together with Home Assistant is a breeze in comparison!

[alvaroballesteros]

Nice video, and explanation. I would just say that despite programming is reduced, it might still be difficult for some people to familiarize with these boards, technical terms, even soldering or breadboards use is still required. A good topic might be as well to make a woking, aesthetic device: I have not seen too much videos of someone building something aesthetic that does not look just like a messy cabling.

[sven]

Thank Lewis, this was a useful video to get started with these small boards

[MightyTinker]

Many thanks, very clear explanation of esphome, and nice mighty car mod T-shirt!

[AwesomeOpenSource]

As always, absolutely excellent! I love seeing that I'm not the only who gets tongue-tied now and then when I record.

[JakubUrbanec]

Clear, understandable. Thanks a lot. Now I have my Smart Electric Plugs, Photo Voltaic and a couple of ESP 8266 and ESP32 in one place...

[WoottonRivers]

I built my first ESPHome project yesterday. This stuff is truly amazing! I've ordered 5 more already.