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by vincen
13 Nov 2023, 11:46
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Nice housing or ready made with good WAF
Replies: 9
Views: 9095

Re: Nice housing or ready made with good WAF

jgrad wrote: 13 Nov 2023, 11:27 sorry, not same board. I was looking for this board
https://www.kincony.com/kc868-a8-hardwa ... tails.html
That one works really well with ESPHome so it should be all good with ESPEasy too ;) I have quite a few installed at some customers !
by vincen
14 Mar 2022, 09:58
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Nice housing or ready made with good WAF
Replies: 9
Views: 9095

Re: Nice housing or ready made with good WAF

My advice is to stay away of that device ! Have one here and it's chinese bad design :( One of the ring/base LED is wired with bar LED which kills the visual effect of product Temperature sensor inside is not an original Dallas temp sensor (4/5° offset with my other sensors aronud !). support of man...
by vincen
12 Mar 2022, 09:13
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: Control of a LED matrix point display ??
Replies: 3
Views: 4763

Re: Control of a LED matrix point display ??

Late to this party, sorry, just found this thread. This type of display is supported since October 2021 releases of ESPEasy. it is available in the 'Display' builds. Thanks for the late update but I've switched over ESPHome since a long time as it's a lot easier and more integrated with Home Assist...
by vincen
24 Mar 2019, 18:39
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

rayE wrote: 04 Nov 2017, 01:45 This is how i wire a bare ESP12-E module using solar and TP4056 PCB.
ESP Battery Mon.png
Would you mind to share rules you used to get correct value of battery through resistors once wired to ADC input of ESP ?
by vincen
04 Nov 2018, 09:57
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: Control of a LED matrix point display ??
Replies: 3
Views: 4763

Control of a LED matrix point display ??

Hi I have a display like that https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-MAX7219-Dot-Matrix-Module-For-Arduino-Microcontroller-4-In-One-Display-with-5P-Line/32683197112.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dNvq7vE that I'd like to use with ESP so I can display on it some usefuls data such as outside...
by vincen
22 Oct 2018, 07:30
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: Flow, temperature, energy measurement and PWM pump control
Replies: 14
Views: 16676

Re: Flow, temperature, energy measurement and PWM pump control

Domosapiens wrote: 22 Oct 2018, 00:43 - Electrical scheme
Thanks a lot for all the details and scheme ;)
by vincen
22 Oct 2018, 07:27
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor
Replies: 43
Views: 84515

Re: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor

Domosapiens wrote: 22 Oct 2018, 01:22 See here WIP:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5955&p=32474#p32474
Thanks a lot ;)
by vincen
18 Oct 2018, 14:44
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor
Replies: 43
Views: 84515

Re: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor

Domosapiens wrote: 18 Oct 2018, 13:12 Happy to do that for you!
I will open another topic for that.
Please share link here when you have created the new thread with all details ;)

thanks
by vincen
20 Jul 2018, 09:05
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: IAQ-Core sensor update ?
Replies: 2
Views: 2814

Re: IAQ-Core sensor update ?

TD-er wrote: 19 Jul 2018, 18:53I guess you mean this one: https://ams.com/iaq-core-c
Yep you are right, thanks ;)
by vincen
19 Jul 2018, 07:53
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: IAQ-Core sensor update ?
Replies: 2
Views: 2814

IAQ-Core sensor update ?

Hi Interested to use the IAQ-Core C sensor (https://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/0.html?spm=a2g0s.9042647.0.0.44f54c4d9wB5d6&orderId=506153683625914&productId=32797065993) but found only some old threads about it here ! Is there any recent update about it ? as I found nothing in listed suppor...
by vincen
30 Apr 2018, 09:52
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor
Replies: 43
Views: 84515

Re: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor

You’re right, attached 2 pictures of the internals of the Meek MP1 (pictures are from a BETA designs/older versions). Once the updated versions are available, I will post some more detailed pictures and information. Thanks for the picture ;) the other one didn't make it ;) Impatient to see your upd...
by vincen
22 Apr 2018, 12:17
Forum: ESP Easy: Projects / Applications
Topic: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor
Replies: 43
Views: 84515

Re: RCWL-0516 Microwave Motion Sensor

I know by experience that it’s a very delicate process to combine a RCWL-0516 in close perimeters to an ESP module. Thanks a lot for the share but would you mind how you physically arrange everything in your wallbox ? as I didn't see anything about it in your description and video and it looks to b...
by vincen
28 Feb 2018, 09:14
Forum: Experimental
Topic: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?
Replies: 7
Views: 19351

Re: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?

grovkillen wrote: 28 Feb 2018, 09:02 Just post it on the repository. The branches use the same issue tracker.
oki, posted ;) https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/issues/977
by vincen
28 Feb 2018, 08:50
Forum: Experimental
Topic: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?
Replies: 7
Views: 19351

Re: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?

Hmm that sounds like a cool feature. Could you cut'n-paste that on the Github issue list? There we can find things again to implement and fix. On the forum I can't :) Just to be sure as there are multiple branches on github for ESPEasy, should I post in this one ? https://github.com/letscontrolit/E...
by vincen
27 Feb 2018, 16:19
Forum: Experimental
Topic: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?
Replies: 7
Views: 19351

Re: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?

If you request stuff like this you should do the home work and provide as much info as possible. Links... Oups you are right so here is the cooking book for it ;) -> First you need to setup the root prefix for autodiscovery (should be a field to fill). For Home Assistant it's homeassistant basicall...
by vincen
24 Feb 2018, 12:53
Forum: Experimental
Topic: Auto-discover MQTT feature ?
Replies: 7
Views: 19351

Auto-discover MQTT feature ?

Hi

Is it planned to implement in V2 the auto-discover MQTT feature implemented by Home automation systems like Home-Assistant ? It would be really nice and make stuffs a lot easier to config all the more for beginners ;)

Thanks

Vincèn
by vincen
22 Jan 2018, 07:14
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: ESPEasy with Autodiscover MQTT feature in Home Assistant ?
Replies: 5
Views: 10938

Re: ESPEasy with Autodiscover MQTT feature in Home Assistant ?

I haven't done this myself and I'm no expert on EASPEasy Rules, but the documentation for Home Assistant seems to indicate that HA autodiscovery is subscribed to MQTT topic "homeassistant". So publishing a MQTT message using the homeassistant topic along with some other details (NodeID, d...
by vincen
19 Jan 2018, 07:22
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: ESPEasy with Autodiscover MQTT feature in Home Assistant ?
Replies: 5
Views: 10938

ESPEasy with Autodiscover MQTT feature in Home Assistant ?

Hi

I'd like to use the autodiscover MQTT feature of Home Assistant as showed here on HA website: https://home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/discovery/

Did someone succeeded to implement that in ESPEasy ? and if so would he mind to share settings he used in ESPEasy ?

Thanks

Vincèn
by vincen
26 Nov 2017, 09:13
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!
Replies: 7
Views: 6053

Re: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!

Can you post a picture of your relay board. Did you pull up or down on GPIO. Sure here is Relay board I use: https://www.skivr.com/forums/letscontrolit/Relay_board.png and config I did in ESPEasy: https://www.skivr.com/forums/letscontrolit/Cuisine.png I changed of GPIO on ESP but still the same and...
by vincen
24 Nov 2017, 09:46
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!
Replies: 7
Views: 6053

Re: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!

Maybe same problem as https://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3767 Nope as it has worked perfectly fine during two weeks before going bad !! And this morning it's working again perfectly normally so I suspect a problem of power on the ESP module or something like that ! Will cha...
by vincen
23 Nov 2017, 15:26
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!
Replies: 7
Views: 6053

Re: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!

oki made a little more investigation and it looks like my relay board has an issue ! I have the green led on it indicating when relay is on that keeps in fact on all the time (even when relay off) but it's less strong light when relay off !! Relay board that has a problem ? or the ESP ? same symptom...
by vincen
23 Nov 2017, 14:03
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!
Replies: 7
Views: 6053

Weird problem with Relay on ESP !!

Hi I'm using Home-Assistant to manage my heating system that is basically controlled for on/off by just a simple relay ! I use an ESP running ESPEasy 2.0.0 dev 12. This ESP has one relay first connected on GPIO5 and also a DHT sensor plugged on it for temp/hum. of the room where it is. Automation wa...
by vincen
23 Nov 2017, 13:51
Forum: ESP Easy: General Discussion
Topic: Problem with Home Assistant
Replies: 14
Views: 9181

Re: Problem with Home Assistant

grovkillen wrote: 22 Nov 2017, 18:30 Yes, with Mosquitto but not the HA built in broker (yet).
Why do you bother with rather limited integrated MQTT server of HA ?? Just as previously told install Mosquitto (setup is pretty simple for basic configuration, declare it in HA, and connect ESPEasy to it and voilà all done :)
by vincen
05 Nov 2017, 11:41
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

rayE wrote: 05 Nov 2017, 11:16 0.1uF (or 100nF) both are the same value.
Thanks for confirmation ;)
by vincen
05 Nov 2017, 11:00
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

rayE wrote: 04 Nov 2017, 01:45This is how i wire a bare ESP12-E module using solar and TP4056 PCB.
Thanks a lot for the share so will use your schema to build my one ;) Is it well 0.1uF or 0.1nF capacitor ?
by vincen
03 Nov 2017, 15:04
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

DVM = digital volt meter thanks :) If you think 4 volts is OK for the ESP then go ahead, BUT make sure you have lots of spare of ESP modules :-) When the spec on a module specifies a MAXIMUM voltage then do NOT put more than that into it, otherwise the smoke will come out, simple design guidelines,...
by vincen
03 Nov 2017, 13:50
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

Yes i checked your drawing, the TP board has NO VOLTAGE regulation, your drawing will WRECK a bare ESP module when the battery is fully charged. as for an INA board, iv never heard of it and NO IDEA what it is? I checked by putting usb power on board and in fact it gives me nearly always around 4V ...
by vincen
03 Nov 2017, 13:04
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is the voltage regulator? 4.2 volts (a fully charged LiOn) WILL KILL a bare esp module (been there and done that :) unless your using a PCB with a vreg? Lots of detail missing out of your drawing? sorry bud did you really check my schema ? The TP4056 board is connected ...
by vincen
03 Nov 2017, 13:02
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

rayE wrote: 03 Nov 2017, 11:35 what is the I2C module?
Which I2C module ??? I have only done I2C link between ESP module and INA board to retrieve power and current values returned by it ;)
by vincen
03 Nov 2017, 09:16
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

So after listening at all your very good advices, I went through that design. Does it sound correct and working ? My goal here is to charge battery and power the ESP from the solar panel and be able to measure power and voltage used by ESP ;) I wanted also to add one more INA to measure power and in...
by vincen
23 Oct 2017, 07:54
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: Why GPIO broadcasted ???
Replies: 2
Views: 2425

Re: Why GPIO broadcasted ???

Made some progress but still unable to switch off the relay, only put it on but not sure if problem is in my HA syntax or in ESP ??? platform: mqtt name: "Ventilateur" state_topic: "/sdb/relay/state" command_topic: "/sdb/gpio/5" payload_on: 1 payload_off: 0 optimistic: ...
by vincen
20 Oct 2017, 16:09
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: Why GPIO broadcasted ???
Replies: 2
Views: 2425

Re: Why GPIO broadcasted ???

Oki made some progress on my problem !! I have discovered I was "reusing" same subject for two different MQTT Devices so I corrected that but I still have problem that when I control GPIO of one of my ESP it's automatically broadcasted to all others :(
by vincen
20 Oct 2017, 14:59
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: Why GPIO broadcasted ???
Replies: 2
Views: 2425

Why GPIO broadcasted ???

Hi I'm using several ESP in my flat with LetsEasy fw on it with great success on MQTT to my Home Assistant system. I had setup the Gloal Sync thing but never really used it !! I have added a relay to one of my ESP and so control through MQTT using this code: - platform: mqtt name: "Chauffage&qu...
by vincen
18 Oct 2017, 16:22
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

so take a standard value of 10k for R1, use the calculator and R2 is ~3k, http://www.ti.com/download/kbase/volt/volt_div3.htm so double the values to use less current. DO NOT GO OVER 20K for R1, otherwise you will get inaccuracy s on the ADC readings. Also bear in mind that the ADC input impedance ...
by vincen
18 Oct 2017, 08:17
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

rayE wrote: 17 Oct 2017, 11:31 This is how i do ADC signal conditioning (for a battery) on a PIC, works a treat and very stable.
What value of R1 and R2 do you use for correct measure of 18650 battery then ?

Thanks
by vincen
16 Oct 2017, 16:15
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

I wrote a more detailed post but it seems to have vanished into the ether. A couple of other things i do with the TP board. 1. Remove the LED's as they are a total waste of power. 2. Change the current limit resistor to match the maximum output of your solar panel (see the TP4056 chip data sheet fo...
by vincen
13 Oct 2017, 10:09
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

You have a module without protection which is not advised to be used in such project. You need to have the version with the protection circuit as the one below: https://cdn3.volusion.com/btfzd.umflq/v/vspfiles/photos/AD310-2.jpg Thanks for confirmation, ordered that version on Alibaba to implement ...
by vincen
13 Oct 2017, 09:02
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Re: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

I solar power some of my projects, this is what i do. 1. solar panel. 2. 18650 battery 3. TP4056 charger module. The solar panel is wired to the 4056 module Vin pads. The battery is wired to the B+ and B- pads. The +V pad is connected to a 3.3V, very low voltage dropout voltage regulator, i use an ...
by vincen
12 Oct 2017, 12:18
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Solar Power Supply for ESP ??
Replies: 35
Views: 30679

Solar Power Supply for ESP ??

Hi I'm planning to use an ESP module outside for environment measures (temperature, humidity, spped wind..) and so would like to power it in Solar mode. I have a solar panel giving 6V/3W at best. I have a little TP4056 module to charge 18650 battery with solar panel. Question is: Can I wire in paral...
by vincen
10 Oct 2017, 10:30
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: MHZ19 sensor working ??
Replies: 18
Views: 18179

Re: MHZ19 sensor working ??

Just flashed my ESP with the rev 12 of 2.0.0 ESPEasy and now it reads values of my MHZ but still sees them all as invalid in logs. I have let the ABC in Normal. Should I just let the sensor in my living for a while and it'll then stabilize and starts to work correctly ?? Update: I had to wait just f...
by vincen
10 Sep 2017, 11:18
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: Rules for PIR combination ??
Replies: 5
Views: 4447

Re: Rules for PIR combination ??

For and On pir1#switch=1 do If [pir2#switch]=1 Do something Endif Endon Thanks that's what I wanted to do ;) Please look for the rules tutorial in the wiki, it will answer your questions. Why are you stingy with devices on your home automation? Sorry but what do you mean by "stingy devices&quo...
by vincen
08 Sep 2017, 13:26
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: PIR sensor wiring ??
Replies: 7
Views: 7008

Re: PIR sensor wiring ??

I confirm that sensor works fine powered at 3.3V by the ESP board :) Works like a charm for me :D
by vincen
08 Sep 2017, 13:15
Forum: ESP Easy: Software
Topic: Rules for PIR combination ??
Replies: 5
Views: 4447

Rules for PIR combination ??

Hi I have wired two PIR sensor on my ESP to cover correctly a room with strange layout. I only want one signal to come back on MQTT to tell me if there is someone in the room or not. Instead of getting both PIR back to my automation system, I was thinking to use rules in ESP to combine both PIR such...
by vincen
06 Sep 2017, 15:58
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Need reset and Flash buttons on ESP-01 ??
Replies: 6
Views: 18669

Re: Need reset and Flash buttons on ESP-01 ??

Red light burns continuous, but imported question, do you have the black or blue version on the ESP-01? For the black version you must use the 1024.bin file and for the blue the 512.bin file. Definitively black so I'm good for the 1024 bin, thanks for the info ! Needs now to wire it fully so I can ...
by vincen
06 Sep 2017, 15:20
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Need reset and Flash buttons on ESP-01 ??
Replies: 6
Views: 18669

Re: Need reset and Flash buttons on ESP-01 ??

One button is for flash the ESP-01, is that done already it isn't necessary. The other one is for a hard reset, is sometimes handy. But remove the power do the same :D Thanks so looks like I only need to wire the Flash button to flash it ;) but first I have to figure out wiring as so far no luck ! ...
by vincen
06 Sep 2017, 14:06
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Need reset and Flash buttons on ESP-01 ??
Replies: 6
Views: 18669

Need reset and Flash buttons on ESP-01 ??

Hi I just got hands on a bunch of ESP-01 module and found this wiring on Internet: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/uploads/articles/ESP-01_Connection_Diagram.PNG Is it really needed to wire the two buttons or as like other modules esptool program takes care of it automatically ? Thanks for clarific...
by vincen
29 Aug 2017, 23:47
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Issue with MH-Z19 sensor !!
Replies: 13
Views: 11178

Re: Issue with MH-Z19 sensor !!

grovkillen wrote: 29 Aug 2017, 22:18The logics are 3.3V based though, no level converter is needed.
Just to be sure it means I still need really 5V to power correctly the sensor right ? ;)
by vincen
29 Aug 2017, 11:48
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Issue with MH-Z19 sensor !!
Replies: 13
Views: 11178

Re: Issue with MH-Z19 sensor !!

LisaM wrote: 21 Aug 2017, 09:42How long are the wires?
15cm approximatively ;)
LisaM wrote: 21 Aug 2017, 09:42CRC errors might point to a wiring problem.
Where is the 3.3v coming from?
3.3V is coming from the ESP board and I used it previously to power some pressure and temperature sensor without problems !
by vincen
21 Aug 2017, 08:37
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: Wiring of BMP180 ?
Replies: 10
Views: 8741

Re: Wiring of BMP180 ?

Shardan wrote an excellent Wiki: Basics:_Calibration_and_Accuracy https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/index.php/Basics:_Calibration_and_Accuracy With a BMP180 this "wet" procedure is difficult. Put it in a dry condom as he indicates :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Considering it's 0.5° precision I gue...