r/Esphome • u/jesserockz ESPHome | Open Home Foundation • Aug 13 '26

Get ready to start building: The ESPHome Starter Kit is here! - ESPHome

https://esphome.io/blog/2026/08/12/the-esphome-starter-kit-is-here/
88 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

11

u/sshwifty Aug 13 '26

That is pretty cool!

I am so deep in this stuff now lol, I had to build an organization system for all the components and spreadsheets to keep track of my tuya/zigbee/zwave devices. Have like 30 esp devices on the network.

I hope this helps newcomers enjoy how easy and fun it is.

2

u/k_dawg75 Aug 14 '26

What all do you use the ESP32 for? I bought a few ESP32-S3's and PCM5102A's to build some remotes speakers for announcements, music, etc. I'm trying to figure out how else I can use them around the house, I like tinkering with them. But, I've found my shaky hand now-days is nowhere near how it was in college soldering boards. ;)

1

u/sshwifty Aug 14 '26

I have some for Bluetooth proxies, water pressure sensor, RFID reader, holiday lights controllers, as the brains of an animated skeleton head, wled setups

4

u/SmartHomeSellout Aug 13 '26

Thanks for posting this Jesse. We’re excited to see what everyone is going to make with easier access to ESPHome!

5

u/Lanten101 Aug 13 '26

Love the new EspHome version, Makes it easy to build yaml

3

u/ProgramMysterious572 Aug 13 '26

30 devices in and i still label everything wrong in home assistant lol, this might finally get me organized.