Hi
I have seen numerous posts on the subject and i am still unable to get my pi pico w working with HA. Whenever, I get to the download project bit it just says it cant create the download. I try using the install function when you have a tab in ESP Dev showing for the Pi, but even this doesnt work. I am at the end of what to do. Can anyone help pls
Hi. If you are trying to install home assistant on a pi pico ,then you can’t. It doesn’t have the resources. If you are trying to use as an esphome device then only some pi picos work. State which one you have and someone may be able to advise.
Sorry I should have clarified, I have HA installed on a pi 3B+ and i want to use my pi pico w as a separate board that i can see in HA and control.
I should also say i have the same issue with ESP-wroom-32 board as well.
Sorry I should have clarified, I have HA installed on a pi 3B+ and i want to use my pi pico w as a separate board that i can see in HA and control.
I should also say i have the same issue with ESP-wroom-32 board as well.
Are you trying to install esphome on the pico?
I have home assistant on my pi 3b+ and then i want to connect a pi pico w that i can control using home assistant on ESP HOME. so yes i believe so
Hi, welcome to the forum!
Check this: ESPHome on the Raspberry Pi Pico! - Jeff Geerling
A simple web search reveals quite some extensive howto’s.
The Pi pico w i have is the one with the wifi chipset covered with a metal shield
I have the pico w whith the metal can over the chipset for wifi.
Then try to solve that first. You find much more support for esp32 than for pico w.
Did you try web installer?
https://web.esphome.io/
Yes i tried that even that doesnt seem to work. Do you know of a step by step guide to setting up a simple control of a gpio on esp32 or pi pico w?
I would personally install standalone esphome on linux computer:
I will have a read of that. I have home assistant on a rpi3b+, and as i say want to be able to control pi pico w through HA.
Most of us control our devices on HA, that doesn’t mean esphome has to run on that HA hardware. I would not install esphome on PI3.
Have you been running the ESPHome add-on on that hardware? That’s likely the cause of your issues, as it’s far underpowered (specifically short on RAM) for compiling ESPHome projects.
ESPHome Web runs 100% in your browser. No data will leave your computer. I assume this runs similar to the tasmota version and for first install on the pico shouldn’t tax a pi b3. OP may not be using correct cable or even a cable at all. OP may not be using correct model of pico. Subsequent compiling on pi will likely crash it.
