I want to start my first project with a Wemos D1 and home assistant.
Only thing is I have never worked on a project this big and would love if anyone could help out with how to do this.
My wish is as following:
I would like to configure a wemos D1 for 2 paludariums.
I want to be able to connect 4 fans to the wemos d1 that i can use pmw on.
Also would like it to be able to connect some sensors like air quality or air moist meter.
I hope any of you could help me with:
What do i need to buy for all this to work.
And are there any guides on how to install these things and how to configure them that i could manage them through my phone.
My advise would be to use a esp32 instead. While the wemos D1 is good it can be challenging to get enough pins for pwm and other actions without conflicts. An esp32 got more memory, is more powerfull, got more i/O pons and each pin can be pwm. It handles the same as a wemos
Also look into esphome to make things easierto intergrate
Get Esp32 (Wroom32).
Use 4-wire PWM fans (or use driver board if you already have 2-wire fans).
Esp32 has plenty of pins for your sensors. What you really want to measure for “air quality”? CO2 or something else? Common air quality sensors are made for normal room ambient air and they are not measuring actual CO2.