The story behind this project is quite long, and already formatted nicely on my Website. I will thus humbly ask your indulgence to only use the links to the various sections here. The editor here is quite limited, and it would take ages to retype and reformat the article again... Part One, which covers the Design and initial setup
Part Two, which covers ESPHome in detail, as well as the PCB.
Update: 28/08/2021
I have done the initial assembly of the first PCB today. The board tested well and is functioning as designed. I did however discover some small errors on the board. These were temporarily fixed with wire connections, and the schematics and Gerber files were updated accordingly.
The behind-the-scenes pictures of the assembly, with full disclosure of the errors on the board, and how they were fixed, are available here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/55435284
Update: 08/09/2021
The testing of the prototypes are all done, and the few small errors on the PCB are all corrected. I will be able to release the Gerber files to the public soon...
I was also successful in obtaining permission from Nabu Casa and ESPHome to include the "Made for ESPHome" logo on the PCB for this project. Thank you to Jesse and all the other people at Nabu Casa and ESPHome to make this possible...
https://esphome.io/guides/made_for_esphome.html
OSHWA certification is also under way... as soon as all of that is done, the PCB will be released to the public.
In the meantime, here is the link to part 3 of the IoT controller build...
A follow-up on the project:
https://www.hackster.io/MakerIoT2020/8266-12e-pe-port-extender-card-for-the-mcu-8266-12e-2babd0
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