Miflora setup

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Hi All,

Could someone kindly share there miflora setup including components required. I can see that the miflora is Bluetooth, does that mean I need an rpi or other Bluetooth receiver?

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What hardware are you currently running. Does it not already have Bluetooth?

Or you can create a MiFlora interface with an ESP32 running ESPhome.

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I’m running Ubuntu docker setup, hardware is mounted out of the way in a meteor cabinet. I have a couple of old rpi’s I could use them as a broker?

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I remember when I setup mine, the issue with a rPi was that it couldn’t handle more than one MiFlora. The ESP32 is cheap and very easy to setup. Mine has been working flawlessly for over a year now.

The ESP literally only needs 5V power so there is not even any wiring required. USB power supply–>ESP32 = done

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Make sure to explicitly set the ESPHome BLE scanning to passive though or you will eat up your Miflora batteries.

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With the passive BLE custom component the RPI can handle more than you need. I have around 40 on mine.

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Oh ok. Back when I looked at it it was only one device

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Could you link me to the esp you bought, I’m new to the esp stuff

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You can get them plenty of websites

[AU$7.19 51% OFF]Geekcreit® ESP32 WiFi+bluetooth Development Board Ultra-Low Power Consumption Dual Cores Unsoldered Module Board from Electronic Components & Supplies on banggood.com
https://banggood.app.link/HiNuc7ND37

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I like the small form factor of this ESP32:

There’s really no point buying the Wemos ESP8266 D1 mini any more. The ESP32 is much more capable.

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I did look at those last night when I posted the link, nice and small. What I like about the one I linked is that they have mounting holes.

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Thanks guys, have ordered some