I retired the expensive commercial smart home hubs and rebuilt my smart home from scratch.

Arduino has introduced a Nano shaped board with a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE capable Espressif’s ESP32-S3 microcontroller, supporting it with the Arduino IDE and MicroPython. “Beginners can explore in an ...

Despite offering top-tier automation provisions and support for smart home gadgets in all shapes and forms, Home Assistant is well-known for its simple UI. Rather than bombarding you with the typical ...

The power of Espressif’s ESP32-S3 meets Arduino’s unmatched customer experience, documentation and community — all in the compact form factor of the Nano. Provides support for both Micropython and ...

In case you missed it, the big news is that a minimal Arduino core is up and working on the ESP32. There’s still lots left to do, but the core functionality — GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, and WiFi — are all ...

Potentially, one of the great things about having a device connected to the network is that you can update it remotely. However, how do you make that happen? If you use the Arduino setup for the ...

Chen Liang (陳亮) has found an interesting use case for the Espressif ESP32-C5: a dual-band Wi-Fi analyzer showing the signal ...

In a significant development for the world of Internet of Things (IoT) and MicroPython, the Arduino Cloud has officially extended its support to the new Nano ESP32 board. This exciting update, which ...

My first foray into the IoT utilized the Espressif ESP8266, an SoC with 32-bit MCU and 2.4-GHz Wi-Fi built in. Since then, I have used many different module variants based on the microcontroller. So ...