Getting Started with Dashboard

ESPHome
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So I’ve never used ESPhome and it looks like it might offer a feature I’ve been looking to implement on my mqtt controlled lights that are currently running tasmota.

I fired up an esphome docker and connected to the Dashboard. I was prompted to great my first node.
Going through the process I noticed that there isn’t any lights, or switches, or plugs… Just ESP 8266 and ESP32 boards. Is that expected?

So I picked 8266 generic and used the wizard to great a .yaml file that when I look at it doesn’t seem to have much of anything in it.

esphome:
  name: merkury_white_lights
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m

wifi:
  ssid: "Home-SSID"
  password: "PassW0rd"

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Merkury White Lights"
    password: "PassW0rd"

captive_portal:

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  password: "PassW0rd"

ota:
  password: "PassW0rd"

Is there a guide on how to use the Dashboard?

Does anyone has an example of a basic white light that can be dimmed? I’ve a very visual learner and the chopped incomplete examples on the esphome website is very confusing to me.

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Did you look at any of the diy samples? https://esphome.io/guides/diy.html

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Light documentation is here: