Installing ESPhome on GEEKMAGIC Smart Weather Clock (smalltv/pro)

ESPHome
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Hi everyone, does anyone have a working code? I’m going in circles with the configuration of my SmallTV (green or blue motherboard). If someone could share a code that just displays “hello world,” I should be able to figure it out.

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I fixed it, thanks to several other posts.


esphome:
  name: smalltv
  friendly_name: SmallTV
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m

external_components:
  - source:
      type: git
      url: https://github.com/rletendu/esphome.git
      ref: st7789_nobuffer_202312
    # refresh: 0s
    components: [st7789v]

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
        key: !secret key_smallTV

ota:
  - platform: esphome
    password: !secret ota_smallTV

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  fast_connect: true

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Cash From Cahos"
    password: "CFC_Rules_Since_69"

# Ici, on active le serveur WEB du ESP8266, en allant sur l'IP du ESP8266, on tombe sur une interface pour piloter les relais
web_server:
  port: 80
  auth:
    username: !secret server_username
    password: !secret server_password

captive_portal:

spi:
  clk_pin: GPIO14
  mosi_pin: GPIO13
  interface: hardware
  id: spihwd

# status_led:
#   pin: GPIO2

time:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: ha_time

output:
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    pin: GPIO05
    frequency: 40 Hz
    id: pwm_output

light:
  - platform: monochromatic
    output: pwm_output
    name: "Backlight"

font:
  - file: "SFCompact.ttf"
    id: roboto
    size: 30
    glyphs: 'éèà!"%()+,-_.:°0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/'


display:
  - platform: st7789v
    model: "Custom"
    spi_id: spihwd
    height: 240
    width: 240
    offset_height: 0
    offset_width: 0
    # dc_pin: GPIO02
    # reset_pin: GPIO04
    dc_pin: GPIO00
    reset_pin: GPIO02
    #backlight_pin: GPIO25
    eightbitcolor: True
    #update_interval: never
    update_interval: 30s
    id: disp
    spi_mode: mode3
    lambda: |-
      // Calculate the center positions
      int center_x = it.get_width() / 2;
      int center_y = it.get_height() / 2;

      // Print "Hello World" centered
      it.printf(center_x, center_y - 20, id(roboto), TextAlign::CENTER, "Hello World");

      // Print the current time centered below "Hello World"
      auto time = id(ha_time).now();
      time_t time_t_value = time.timestamp;
      char buf[9]; // Buffer to hold the time string
      strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%H:%M:%S", localtime(&time_t_value));
      it.printf(center_x, center_y + 20, id(roboto), TextAlign::CENTER, buf);
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I created an ESPHome configuration for the low-end GeekMagic TV. It supports displaying three text pages with basic formatting and includes a notification service. The page rotation speed can be adjusted, and a specific page can also be set as fixed. It might not be completely bug-free, but it has been working well for me so far. I wrote it with a lot of help from Copilot. :wink:

Code is here: GeekMagic Display Small TV ESPHome Config · GitHub

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I’ve made some updates to my ESPHome configuration for the low-end GeekMagic TV:
• Added support for five pages (up from three).
• Included a number input to set a max page for rotation.
• Implemented an error message if the sensor for the text isn’t set up in Home Assistant.
• Added more buttons and services to switch pages.
• Changed the font and font sizes.
• Improved the calculation for new lines, making it better and cleaner.
• Included a startup message since sensors from Home Assistant need to load before the first display.
• Added an action to update the display content whenever the sensor text value is updated in Home Assistant.
• Included a switch to activate/deactivate this last behavior.

These changes make the setup more flexible and user-friendly. Let me know what you think or if you encounter any issues!

I edit the code on the first post.

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I’ve made some updates to my ESPHome configuration for the low-end GeekMagic TV:

  • Removed Large Font and restricted glyphs the because the fonts needs to much of the ram
  • Added two progress bars on top and bottom. The values are loaded from home assistant number sensors
  • added a display buzzer for alarming
  • changed the font rendering
  • added the status led light
  • changed the name schema for the home assistant sensors to make it easy to support more than one device
  • Removed unnecessary sensors and the logger to save RAM.
  • Added an option to create two columns on a page.
  • Enabled displaying a page initially in the bottom right corner.
  • Included the API key in the API configuration for potential REST API functionality (not thoroughly tested yet).
  • Updated the web server GUI to a newer, more user-friendly version.
  • Added sorting to the web server UI.
  • Settings are now saved between reboots.
  • Fixed issues with display and sensor updates.
  • Notifications are now queued for better handling.

I edit the code on the first post.

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For which version is this?

-smallTV
-PRO
-ULTRA

Not sure what the ULTRA version is, but it pops up from time to time [in the bundle-deals of Aliexpress]

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Congratulations, Great job!!
I can show several HA sensors but I don’t understand how you can modify the size, position, color, etc.