I am a happy user of the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition, but today I managed to remove my last device from 2,4 GHz, with the exception of the Voice Preview Edition. Is there any similar hardware that features 5GHz or LAN?
Regards,
Enno aka SchoolGuy
You could transplant a ESP32 with Ethernet.
Not sure the correct pins will be available.
Or you need to build one yourself from scratch with an Ethernet ESP32.
So something like this? - ESP32-S3 ETH Development Board, 10/100Mbps RJ45 Ethernet port, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Support, 240MHz Dual Core Processor, ESP32 Ethernet Development Board | ESP32-S3-ETH
I would need to print a new Housing probably. And need to check the pins. That seems like a lot of effort. Are there ready made devices you are aware of?
No… I have not seen any ready made.
But yes that board could work. Not sure it will.
I’m mostly sceptical about the pins, I believe the Ethernet uses some of the pins on the board, that could cause issue with a transplant
It appears we may be in luck soon. There is an ESP32 with 5GHz out now from Espressif: ESP32-C5 2.4 and 5 GHz Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 MCU | Espressif Systems
I think integrating this will be much easier than the LAN port. But I guess I will wait a bit.