LD2410 ESPHome behavior

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@AleksHA

What are your experiences?
How did you optimize the performance of the sensor?

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How to work with HLK-LD1115H and Wemos D1 Mini for Human Presence Detection

I have a HLK-LD1115H and a Wemos D1 Mini that I am trying to set up for mmWave Presense Detection like this (mmWave Presence Detection - ESPHome style - Share your Projects! - Home Assistant Community (home-assistant.io)) as one of my first more advanced projects using EspHome. When logging the UART interaction I do see mov_ and occ_ values when moving in front of the sensor and when nothing is moving in front of the sensor. I’m not sure how to use the Vo, sensor output pin and if it provides …

LD2410 esphome tips

Working on a LD2410 esp32. I haven’t had luck using the uart connection, so I am going to program it and then just use the single output. I found the tool here. I hope it doesn’t contain any malware, unlikely, but no guarantee’s from me. I found the link for the tool on the aliexpress sale page here. So, first tip, the abs. delay setting is the “all clear” timer. This should help prevent false all clear reporting a little, just like a pir timer. [Screenshot 2022-10-18 141136]

Ld2410 ble - hlk-ld2410b

Ok, I’ve started a new thread from here I want to try this too but before I start I just wanted to ask what USB breakout boards people are using? It sounds like a stupid question but the reason I’m asking is because the follow up is, has anyone also designed an enclosure? If yes and they don’t mind sharing, why re-invent the wheel? If not then I’ll do one once I’ve got my parts up and running. EDIT: I’ve just seen this alternative to USB

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