ESP32
series of low-cost, low-power system on a chip microcontrollers with integrated Wi-Fi and dual-mode Bluetooth
Episodes
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#5282: Wi-Fi IoT Without the Cloud Lock-InWi-Fi IoT ships locked to vendor clouds by default. Here's what it takes to break out — and where Wi-Fi is actually the right tool.Main topic -
#5637: Lux Sensors for Home Assistant: The Feedback Loop Nobody Warns You AboutLux sensors sound simple until the lights you turn on trip the sensor that turned them on. Here's the full chain, from Aqara T1 to Matter's missing... -
#5235: Wiring Smart Patio Lights Through Home AssistantPicking a Zigbee RGB controller is the easy part — sizing the power supply and keeping mains water out is where patio lighting projects live or die. -
#5286: Soldering Isn't Dead — It's a Hiring BottleneckRobots build the boards, but humans fix them — and the industry can't hire enough people who can hold an iron. -
#5274: A Broken Dremel and the Hidden World of Parts DistributionA dead rotary tool leads down two rabbit holes: warranty economics and how components actually move around the world.