splitbrain
October 9, 2022, 8:22pm
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I made a LED Matrix display that is controlled via HomeAssistant as a simple way for my wife to send me short messages when I’m in my basement workshop wearing hearing protection…
A detailed write up (including all code) can be found at my blog: LED Matrix with ESPHome & HomeAssistant [splitbrain.org]
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Nice work and very nice write up
In case you want your esphome/yaml part to do “more” without spending time “inventing it” you should definitely take a look at @lubeda ’s work which is also extensively documented on the githubs while also featuring two threads in this forum
EspHoMaTriX: A simple DIY status display with an 8x32 RGB LED panel implemented with esphome.io
It is a very flexible, due to esphome, clock and status display.
It is based on a cheap 8x32 rgb-led matrix and can easily be controlled from home assistant.
This is my working model with 3d-printed case and diffuser.
[Displa]
In real life it looks much better!
The communication between your host and the display is done with service calls.
e.g. this service call will display the text with an ic…
EspHoMaTriX: A simple DIY status display with an 8x32 RGB LED panel implemented with esphome.io
I like status DIY-displays!
But all available solutions didn’t fit exactly my needs so i started to develop my own version based on esphome and the hardware used by Awtrix or PixelIt.
My solutions is now comparable with the mentioned gadgets and it is working well with homeassistant.
There is a youtube video showing the some aspects on how to use it. The video does not reflect the actual functiona…
splitbrain
October 10, 2022, 8:21am
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Cool. I hadn’t seen that project yet. I’ll keep it in mind if I ever need more than a simple text display.
lubeda
December 8, 2022, 5:56pm
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There is a new video on setting up my module:
Perhaps you like this video as much as i do.
