I have a custom board with an ESP8266, three transistors and a short led strip (about 0.5m). It was working fine but I decided to update the esphome version and now I’m experiencing disconnects.
The previous working version was 2022.12.2 and now I have updated to 2023.12.9.
While it’s idle it’s fine. When the rgb is on at any color, it randomly disconnects after 2-3 hours. The led strip is too short and I have tested more powerful power supplies, so I don’t think it’s a power issue. Also the wifi signal was and still is about -60dBm.
What else should I check? Why did it started to disconnect after the update?
Here is the config
substitutions:
devicename: rgb-bedroom
friendlyname: RGB Bedroom
esphome:
name: $devicename
esp8266:
board: esp01_1m
wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_wpa
fast_connect: on
ap:
ssid: $friendlyname Hotspot
password: !secret hotspot_pass
captive_portal:
logger:
api:
encryption:
key: !secret api_key
ota:
switch:
- platform: restart
name: $friendlyname restart
light:
- platform: rgb
name: $friendlyname LED
red: red_channel
green: green_channel
blue: blue_channel
output:
- platform: esp8266_pwm
id: red_channel
pin: GPIO5
- platform: esp8266_pwm
id: green_channel
pin: GPIO14
- platform: esp8266_pwm
id: blue_channel
pin: GPIO12
sensor:
- platform: uptime
name: $friendlyname Uptime
update_interval: 30s
- platform: wifi_signal
name: $friendlyname WiFi Signal
update_interval: 60s
binary_sensor:
- platform: status
name: "${friendlyname} Status"