This repo provides scripts to develop ESPHome based projects on Windows.
It uses a containerized version of the ESPHome tools running in PodMan.

Hint: The old Docker based version of this repo can be found in the v1 branch.

• git Version Control
• Visual Studio Code with ESPHome extension provides syntax highlighting for the .yaml files.
• WSL2 (run wsl --install followed by wsl --update)
• Podman Desktop for Windows (including PodMan)

• Start podman backend with: podman machine start
• Use esphome.cmd to execute all esphome shell commands, e.g. esphome --help
• Use dashboard.cmd to start ESPHome website at http://localhost:6052

If the repo folder is opened in VSCode, intellisense for ESPHome .yaml is support. You can use the default build task (F6) to compile the active .yaml file. The statusbar contains buttons to execute common tasks.

• Install ESPHome via Docker
• VSCode Extension
• ESPHome Web Installer to flash a given .bin via browser connected via COMx.
  • If the board has a BOOT key, press and hold it while confirming the installation wit [INSTALL].
  • It helps to power off the board before connecting the serial port. Optionally holds down the BOOT key while connecting the board to the power source.
  • Try to connect GPIO0 and GND if the board has no BOOT key, details here.
• CP210x Universal Windows Driver required on Windows@Arm64 to flash Esp32 NodeMPU boards.

ESPHome projects are available in the folder /config.

hub75-64x64.yaml drives a 64x64 Hub75 1/32-scan panel with an ESP32 NodeMCU.

Input Plug	Related Cable
	The marked pins are connected

Cable	ESP32

• Based on this example

• GitHub

  • ESPHome wrapper TillFleisch/ESPHome-HUB75-MatrixDisplayWrapper

  • HUB75 matrix panel lib for ESP32 mrcodetastic/ESP32-HUB75-MatrixPanel-DMA

  • Another ESPHome wrapper sekureco42/esphome-hub75

utopia.yaml displays random "Utopia" messages on a HUB75 64x64 matrix. Short, nice, utopic statements - simply to make you smile.

This is basically the ESPHome version of this project shared by Ingo Hinterding.

• Utopia messages (German)

led.yaml drives a "Casalux LED Bar" on a ESP32 C3 Super Mini.

More details in the Github project ramdacxp/lichtleiste.