My Home Setup

[doxikus]

Hi to all,

Last two months I have using espeasy firmware in combination with domoticz so here are few details regarding to my home setup. Maybe someone get ideas how to use this great firmware following my examples .

First of all here is my currently setup that I have inside home. Main "brain" of my home automation is xpenology intel atom D550 board, running DSM 5.0, domoticz are installed as syno package, running 24h. Wifi network (2.4GHz) are mostly based on ubiquity devices, unifi AP (unifi controller are also running on synology), bulletM2, airrouterHP, toughswitch...

House, two floors, garage with boiler room (heating is done traditionally by wood boiler, this part is also important in whole automation process). Outdoor well, important also because it have water pump for irrigation (hunter).

Regarding to esp8266, I use nodemcu board, simpler to use, to power and also less trouble with pins. Disadvantages are that board is robust and in some cases size can be a problem . Also I have few version of boards, ESP01, ESP201 (great one, smaller size, it can be placed on arduino breadboards), standard ESP12 but without soldered pins. So my recommendation will be to go with nodemcu dev kit boards.

Also there is few interesting thing, just to give heads up, I have find breadboards for nodemcu board, bu it will only fit in combination with lolin esp8266 board:

http://www.banggood.com/WeMos-NodeMcu-B ... 11867.html for example, I got mines on aliexpress, it will work only with these boards, here is example of setup combination:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/ESP8266- ... eb201560_8

Also it can be use with standard nodemcu boards to power up but you must to manually wire other pins, or even resolder...

My first node is simple room thermostat, tracking room temperature and humidity. It has DHT22, ESP8266 nodemcu, 1602 LCD with SPI, and enclosure that I have find on ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/221886834275?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT).

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There is some problems with LCD, I need to update setup with voltage booster, LCD are on 3.3V from ESP and I will need to feed with 5v. My next setup have 1602LCD on 5V.

Later today I will post image gallery of my ongoing projects.

[doxikus]

Next project is related to boiler room, I need to track heating water, in and out. So I have esp with two Dallas ds18b20 probes attached on board and LCD to show data normaly all is tracked inside domoticz.

Setup is built by: ESP8266 nodemcu, 2x dallas 18b20 probes, breadboard power. All is placed in fuse box which are earlier placed (I have arduino nano to track temp and show on LCD), box have on automatic switch/fuse, and din rail mounted power supply.

Breadboard power supply, if you have room you can use this http://www.banggood.com/MB102-Breadboar ... 96801.html

[maluko]

Good project,

i have did http://www.esp8266.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=269, but without lcd.

i has bought lcd to move into next project:

1 esp8266 12
1 lcd 2004 ( with switch to turn on/off)
4 ds18b20 probes

and thanks to show this case , i will find if there are to 2004 lcd.

[doxikus]

Hi Maluko,

Yes there is also box for 2004 LCD but I think that maybe it will left very small free space after you place LCD inside.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/diy-elec ... eb201560_8

[maluko]

no, i see this case but the hole (65 x48) is not to lcd 2004 (Size: 98 x 60 x 12mm.).
until now i dont find anyone.

[doxikus]

Yeh, you are right, maybe to cut out hole a little bit .

[rosskopp]

My first node is simple room thermostat, tracking room temperature and humidity. It has DHT22, ESP8266 nodemcu, 1602 LCD with SPI

how did you get SPI to work on your system? ESP easy does not have the support for SPI?

i ask because i have only SPI TFT and OLED displays and want to use them for my projects.

please let us know how you incorporated SPI into your project.

[doxikus]

Hi,

Sorry for misunderstood, I use I2C for LCD. I'm using this kind of LCD http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Blue-IIC-I2 ... xycD9TTI1f.

I think that I mean to say it has SPI interface

[rosskopp]

Ok good to know. I have a few of those laying around.

[Mariete]

My first node is simple room thermostat, tracking room temperature and humidity. It has DHT22, ESP8266 nodemcu, 1602 LCD with SPI

how did you get SPI to work on your system? ESP easy does not have the support for SPI?

i ask because i have only SPI TFT and OLED displays and want to use them for my projects.

please let us know how you incorporated SPI into your project.

This uses SPI. Don't know if it will be useful for you: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1685&p=11213&hilit=nokia#p11213

I have also some SPI TFT displays I would like to use with ESPEASY.

[doxikus]

Hi there this is very old post so I want't to share update on my current home setup.

There was some upgrades regarding to home controller and sensor, traditionally I have stick to domoticz, try home assistant but I got feeling that it grows very large and it is "over engineered" , move from rpi a+ to rpi3, dump EPSeasy temp sensor and replace them with xioami temp sensors in rooms, add sonoff relay for terrace led strip light (on/off timer), add relay for garage door opener, combined with xioami door/window sensor, turn on light in garage (yeelight). In feature I have plan to cross over my garage workbench with ESPeasy module (relay) and xiaomi door/window sensor. Turn on/off light on garage door open/close.

Reduce size of my wood stove monitor, smaller and compact case.

So next thing is to place few more ESPeasy in office on my work and start monitor them with help of domoticz.

I hope i will have more spare time and take pictures and post here with setup.

Please free and post back questions or even better post link to topic or sow here your setup.

Best regards.