Home Assistant BLE Devices Made Easy (ESPHome + BTHome Proxy Tutorial / Mini Project)
This video is a quick tutorial about setting up ESPHome based BLE proxies in a really easy way and, integrating them with Home Assistant using the fully open BTHome protocol.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Mini project teardown
01:30 What's a BT Proxy?
02:15 The LOLIN ESP32 Lite
03:09 The ESPHome Bluetooth Proxy
04:41 Home Assistant integration
06:11 The BTHome protocol
07:00 The ATC MiThermometer Firmware
07:59 Using the Telink Flasher tool
09:55 BTHome Home Assistant integration
11:54 Further uses of BTHome?
12:40 Closing words and outro
Links from the video (if I've missed something, please tell me in the comments!):
ESPHome BT Proxy installer: https://esphome.github.io/bluetooth-p...
BTHome documentation: https://bthome.io/
Custom firmware for Xiaomi Thermometers with BTHome support: https://pvvx.github.io/ATC_MiThermome...
The ESP32_BTHome Project: https://github.com/TheDigital1/ESP32_...
LOLIN ESP32 Lite MCU Module: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
CH340 USB Driver (for the LOLIN ESP32 Lite): https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/...
My LOLIN ESP32 Lite USB Dongle Enclosure (.STL file): COMING SOON!
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