Irrigation systems

ESPHome
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I’m looking for a recommendation for an irrigation system running on an esphome device.

I guess I’m after a project someone has already done and I can just clone the YAML.

Basic scheduling, general stability and ability to keep working upon network disconnection are the biggest requirements.

Anything else extra like capacity to tie into a digital rain gauge and adjust daily watering would be nice but not at the expense of stability.

I’ve had a look at a bunch of projects but don’t have the ability to know if the code is well written.

Are there any really popular repos?

Thanks

More than happy to field questions about solar, lifepo4, charging algorithms, pumps and solenoid operated irrigation valves as that’s more my jam compared to robust coding.

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any suggestions?

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https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-samsung-rev2&source=android-browser&q=google

https://community.home-assistant.io/

The one thing they all have in common is they have search boxes for visitors to use.

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Finding the projects isn’t the problem, my issue is not being able to evaluate them as I’m not a programmer.

Sometimes particular projects are well known within communities, if that’s the case here I was hoping to get pointed in the right direction.

The only analogue to ‘well known’ I can think of might be popularity on GitHub, but not all home assistant projects are hosted there.

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Why cant you try them? You dont have any esp boards to flash?

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External components for esphome are ment for use cases where the core component doesn’t exist in esphome or is woefully incapable of using the device properly.

I’m guessing there is no large community project because the esphome sprinkler controller covers most use cases and works well.

Your best bet is to try it yourself and ask questions on how to accomplish your idea using the sprinkler controller component in esphome first.

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