Would be much easier to use a breadboard and jumpers than soldering. It may seem daunting but it gets pretty fun (and maybe a little addicting) after a few attempts.
This is so awesome! Presence detection has always been a pain point but this seems to be the perfect solution. Cant wait for more commercially made projects to be readily available with MMW
This is awesome! Would be great to have some sort of documentation for this. So a buylist together with the step by step manual to put this together. Same for the STL file of printing a case. Maybe an idea when a V2 will be released? XD can't wait! Great idea!
I came back to this video for just half of this and I would be happy if that is all I found. The parts list in the description is decent but not very detailed, once the links die it will be harder to find later. The lack of STL files and the updated code mentioned in the video is the worst part though... I wanted to make 5 of these but make some tweaks and the lack of code really hurts. I am pretty disappointed as it seems this project is already been abandoned by Everything Smart Home.
Well, this comment didn't age well 😜 This project is very much alive as you can see :) I will make a DIY version available at some point - truth be told this video was never intended to be a "guide" on how to do it, I more wanted to show it off - but lots have asked for one so I will chuck some stuff up at some point, I am currently very busy making this a full fledged product for people to buy, but once that's done then I will try to make a DIY guide for those who prefer that route - I don't know how long that will be though, so meantime if you have any questions at all about how to make this, Discord is the best place - there is tons of information and discussion about this sensor there and more than happy to help
I don't think it is so awesome - incorporating few sensors as one and using lot of mcu interfaces is overkill. Probably better idea to use radar presence detector sensors like LD2410
9:00 by the way since you were speculating on this you are correct a 60ghz mmwave sensor is far more sensitive even being capable of detecting heartbeats and breathing which is why its so much more reliable than the 24ghz one when detecting sleeping humans, although it does this at a much lower range than a 24ghz module. To be fair the dfrobot sensor does specifically say in the instructions and even shows pictures to install the sensor directly above or under the bed when using it for that purpose. Seeed studio actually has a 60hz module for sale on amazon currently if you want to read about it maybe even test it. ............... seeed studio mr60fda1 60ghz mmwave sensor
@@ezradmello7021 Yeah I get that but for what purpose? Just curious. Usually you use these for turning on lights but you don't want lights on when you are sleeping.
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It's actually the opposite. You'd use this as a bed occupancy sensor so you can tell when you're in bed or sleeping. Ex: Slowly dim and turn off the lights if it's night time and presence is detected at the bed.
The fp1 is amazing. I spent months/years trying different combos of door contacts and motion detectors to detect presence in the bathroom and when in the shower, but nothing short of pressing a button to set my system into "shower mode" worked well. That all changed as soon as I received the fp1. Not only does it perfectly detect someone being in the bathroom, it detects through the shower curtain, and it even detected me in the shower when I accidentally put my clothes directly in front of the device. I was able to remove all other devices and complex node-red flows minus one aqara motion detector to more quickly trigger the lights to turn on as it takes a few seconds longer for the fp1 to determine that there is an actual person in the room, where as a normal motion detector is nearly instant. I then only have to use the fp1's "off" mode when presence is no longer detected to turn the light off. There is no trouble in between anymore of lights going off when using the toilet or in the shower.
Other than the fact that I might have to actually get better at soldering, this video and its predecessor are right up my alley. Well, at least it's where I want to be but need to put in some effort first. Thanks so much for this. Once again Kudos to you sir!
Thanks for listening to my suggestion: This will be the most interesting upload you have done so far since this is such an important feature most smart homes lack.
You swine!! Just after I completed the first version using the mmWave sensor, you come out with this! Seriously, a great video and another fantastic project. I will be attempting this upgrade as soon as I can.
@@EverythingSmartHome Just snagged another mmwave sensor. When it comes, I'll have all the parts to build this multi-sensor. All I need is the schematic and the code to make it work!!! I can't figure it out from the video alone. Any chance you might make this available soon? Many thanks.
I would absolutely love to see a zigbee version of this! I have a bunch of ESP32-CAM cameras already, and they're a bit unreliable with regards to connectivity. The zigbee devices I have seem to be much more consistent. Also, I love the lower power draw. If there was a zigbee version of this, I'd probably order a bunch.
Verrrry nice! Good work! I‘d seen a link to your website with the words „written article“… but i can‘t find anything on the website…? A wiring diagram and a .bin file for the ESP would make it very easy to make one. I couldn’t help making a connection drawing if you want.
I love it .. the mmwave is pure gold for presence, and getting the other sensors in there as well, really starts to make this a perfect smart home sensor solution
Air quality is something nice to add. Apart from your suggestion to add a particle sensor I would add a CO2 sensor like the SCD30. That will tell you when you have to ventilate the room. Forgot to compliment you on this nice video…
This video was extremely informative, thx! The speed comparison between PIR and mmWave was great, I never thought of testing it that way and always felt that mmWave was faster - guess that was confirmation bias after all (or something else entirely, like network or esphome related stuff)!
Another awesome project Lewis, well done! 👏🏻 Apparently the IKEA Vindriktning air quality sensor is reliable and can be hacked to connect to the ESP boards.
@@EverythingSmartHome I guess you not done with it yet you seem like you will add 10 extra features on the next one you build for another room at yours. So would be great if we can see detailed build. Thank you. Ps have not spotted in your videos what you do for living but you should be paid big big money for making these. Make your own brand 💰💰
@@EverythingSmartHome ok understood, that's the reason why you don't react on questions like "Can we find the written article?" or "Could you please post the code?". It would be good if you openly communicate this (e.g. in your video description). Up to now I found your videos motivating and inspiring for DIY projects. But finally it's all about making money ;).
For rapid prototyping and permanent projects I got a fan of the wire wrapping and the glue gun. in comparison with a breadboard or a prototype board you can get quite quick a breakout board aggregate, works with most pin spacing and the glue gun fixes the wires on the pins and the position of the boards. Also most time no solder fumes :)
Is there someplace a ESPHome newbie can read about the specifics on how to build this? Wiring diagram, ESPHome configs, and .stl file for the 3d printed enclosure?
Yeah a full build would def. be appreciated. Any plans for that? :) especially the code is needed as I haven't had the chance to play around with esp home and that new Sensors so far.
This is absolutely fantastic! I'm going to give building one a go. I was looking to do room temperature sensors, and maybe figure out room presence, but WOW this does it all, plus light level. Air quality could be useful, but like you said to add that would greatly increase the bulk of the design, at least right now.
Do you have your ESP firmware available to share? This is a great product, I want to test this setup and then I plan on making a nice compact custom PCB. Cheers for the video!
You should totally design a PCB for this! I’d love to make one, but I’m not great at PCB design. I’d hate to get started just to realize I have to restart due to a bad design.
Nice build ! Might also add a perfect presence detection sensor to my ToDo list. I agree that even if the price is pretty much the same, functionnalities are way better. Thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work !
I'd love to see this more compact, in a unit like the Aeotec multi-sensor. I wonder how difficult it would be to reverse engineer those boards and create a single PCB with every component neatly installed together. I also wonder if there is redundancy across the boards, as I assume they'd have circuits performing similar functions and therefore using similar components repeatedly.
Excellent video! I’ve had bad luck with the PIRs I’ve purchased. The link in your video should get me a decent PIR. Using a HiLink HLK-LD2410C-p for microwave sensor. BME280 for temp and humidity. Then VCNL 4010 proximity, light sensor. Replacing all my esp8266 project with ESP32’s. Some with Pi Pico’s, using Micropython.
This is a pretty cool all in one sensor. I've been following crlogic's work over on HA too. I do have a few questions/challenges for you though: Why did you spend more money on STEMA/QT compatible sensors, proceed to solder them to a proto board, and them talk about the overall footprint being too big? In an effort to appeal to a larger audience, a fair number of the Pimoroni and Adafruit sensors are much larger than some of the more basic offerings, but offer more functionality (generally have a voltage regulator and level shifter to accept both 3.3V or 5V inputs, and have STEMA/QT connectors for no-solder connection options.) For example, a generic BME280 is 11x14mm vs 19x19 for the Pimoroni, and a generic BH1750 is 18.5x14mm vs 26x18mm for the Adafruit (~50% difference!). You do have to watch out for counterfeit sensors on some of the cheaper versions though. For a prototype board, why didn't you use headers for attaching the sensors to the board? You definitely had the room to do it for this iteration, and it would have allowed you to swap out sensors during testing and future iterations if need be. The BME280 sensor is very precise on its own, but most of the circuit implementations suffer from heatsoak that skew the temps at least 2* higher than actual. Putting the chip in sleep mode between readings, and adjusting the heater circuity can help, but mounting it directly above an inverted ESP32 chip is not going to do anything for accuracy.
Thanks! I’m looking forward to build a couple of these for my home. Do you have any idea of the power consumption of a single unit? Can it be realistically powered off replaceable or rechargeable batteries?
A lot of the industrial HVAC occupancy sensors use CO2. Because people breath roughly the same amount you can judge the amount of people based on the curve of CO2. It's also a fresh air thing. Cool project man. Keep up the good work
Enjoying all the videos related to this DIY sensor. That's a great prototype case. Are the STL available? I can see it useful to prototype many different combinations.
Thank you for this very helpful video! I've not tried this setup yet but on many occasions struggle to solder properly due to the solders I have had or tried, would be helpful if you have a link to the one you use or one similar to get. Thanks
Great work, 👏 would be nice to see some content around how to setup automation between temp sensors and AC temperature control - keen to understand what would be the best approach to build such relationship considering energy efficiency for the AC
Ever considered getting a custom pcb made up so that you don’t have to stack a bunch of boards? You could even get pcway to solder it all together and make something tiny
Nice job there Lewis! Those are the things a big brand needs to get running on PoE mountable as a "wall-switch"-sensor-module. Or even ZigBee and direct wired to the mains-voltage. I really wished you could say anything about the power-consumption of your projects, as energy is a big concern of mine when talking about those designs. Would love to hear from you!
Thanks! PoE would be cool! I usually would talk about power consumption, but it's literally so low on these projects it's generally not a concern, we are talking a very tiny amount of power that you won't notice at all in day to day, even in the current climate!
Poe would be ideal for these, have though about something like this, ceiling mounted and fully enclosed. Also an led chip for a nightlight. I love the very low level light a Ring Protect gives off at night when you walk under it. Perhaps when it has wired power, a zigbee repeater(for other devicesl, if there is something suitable that could fit into it.
Great product! I understand your reasoning behind excluding it, but I would have loved to see an air quality, or at least CO2 sensor in here as well for automating fans or air circulators.
Nice device. There are some sensors that I prefer to the ones you picked that might be of interest. Firstly, if you want to add PM10/PM2.5 the NOVA SDS011 is very good even compared with sensors several orders of magnitude more expensive, honestly, for £15 it's shockingly good. Second, for humidity measurement I've found the BME series sensors don't tend to give accurate humidity readings. The SI7021/HTU21D are good alternatives but lack atmospheric pressure so it's a trade off, it has a different I2C address so you could try both in the same device and see which gives the most sane readings or have both or use the BMP180 instead. For light levels the VEML6040 gives colour temperature as well as Lux which could be handy if you want your lights to match ambient conditions, unfortunately it's not built into ESPHome, but could be added as a custom sensor.
Very nice build! I ended up using the energy meter that measures solar generation as a proxy for daylight levels. That avoids the light sensor picking up the brightness of the room lighting.
Very nicely done! I've the same question as some other users: could you kindly measure the actual power usage of the device? I'm not convinced the power usage is minimal, especially if you would install sensors in all rooms in the house. Things can add up pretty fast.
if you are into sensors, look at the mysensors project. it integrates well with HA. I have battery powered temp/hum/lux/pir all over my house. works great.
I had the same idea but didn't install radar sensor bulb at last moment cuz gallery I was planning to put that bulb on has curtains that make false movement any solution?
Great video and work!! For me I would love to have an all in one solution. Your sensor paired with humidity, air quality, co2 and smoke sensor (with optional pinhole camera, where you can use the mic for Siri or Alexa). All working via a LAN cable (power and data) and all in a ceiling mounted Smoke Sensor enclosure. Of course HomeKit compatible 😀. No Switches no nothing just one sensor on the ceiling and some in wall speakers and underfloor heating
Was an article for this video ever published or has it been pulled now that the other presence sensor is available to buy? Trying to see if the .yaml is available as you seem to be doing some coded filtering of the values in the yaml file which i'm interested in not reinventing the wheel with...
HI! I would add some LED for notification/status. For example, when i'm in shower, I turn on lights manually (PIR override), so PIR dont turn off light, while I'm showering, problem is that, when i went out of shower, I don't know, if light is turned on by sensor or manual switch. If that was sensor, then light will turn off after minute, if manual, then never. In that case, I always do double check - manual turn off. In this scenario I would love to give quick glance on my PIR (in my case shelly), that will have LED that give me status of active light mode. This is my scenario, why i would add to this - LED status light
Hi Lewis, at 2:00 into this video you refer to the delay in the switching on with the milimeter wave. I have my homes security system PIR sensors connected through a Konnected board and Home assistant, and ever since installing a UDM Pro into my network I have the same issue... however for me it is a 2 second delay. Did you find that the delay was only with the milimeter wave or are you running a switch like a UDM Pro???
I'm definitely keen to try this, but I can't get hold of the sensor. Seeed have some interesting ones that might work. Perhaps I'll do some experimenting...
I see that the default BLE tracker via ESPHome is separate from iBeacon. Is the ESPHome software compatible with running both the BLE tracker and iBeacon at the same time?
really great project. a question about the mm radar. Can it be used as a sensor in an alarm system in a house with pets? Or better will also detect animals? I have a cat and i placed the aqara pir sensor at a height where it doesn't detect the cat, so its usable, how about the radar?
Congrats on the nice build! A few tips: For air quality rather than a PM sensor I use co2 sensors (the senseair s8). I use it to control my ventilation system. It also helps detect whether there are people in the house. For the update frequency of the sensors I have the esp32 check the value every few seconds but only report this value to home Assistant if there is a change bigger than a specific value. This way I get more or less instant updates but without spamming home Assistant and my wifi network. I've added a screen to my sensor where I can see the data of my sensors including charts. Took a while to figure out how to do it in ESPHOME but pretty cool. The screen is off by default and turns on when the PIR sensor or microwave sensors which I'm using detect me. I also have an RGB LED that at a glance shows me the air quality (a gradient from green to red). The brightness of the LED is controlled by the light sensor. I suspect you are not going to put a cover in front of your multisensor, but if you do: you'll need to place your BME280 outside the case, otherwise readings will be off. Same of course for light sensors etc. What I'm struggling the most with is finding a reliable humidity/temperature sensor, but I'm pretty sure the problem is that I'm a cheapskate and am buying from AliExpress which are probably knockoffs.
hey i got this esp32 and the sensor but i cant find out how to install it and the instructions don't show the pin out for this esp32 (also im kind of new to this as well) please help if you can
This is absolutely awesome. Something I would love to build as well. But I have gone to your web site but cant find a wiring diagram and also not the code you used? Is this something you still have somewhere to share with us please?
This is really a great video on a very interesting project. It seems to me that this sensor has all the functions I need. I would like to rebuild the sensor to use it in several rooms. Unfortunately, my knowledge of electronics is not sufficient to rebuild the project with the available information. Therefore the question, will you publish a detailed plan and if so, when?
hi, I see the BME280 and BH1750 from aliexpress comes in 3v or 5v but the original Adafruit BH1750 version support 3v and 5v. did you connect it to 3v or 5v or should I get the Adafruit version? Thank you
Do you have a written guide? The link in the description takes me to your website, but despite searching for it and scrolling for a solid five minutes. I have been unable to locate any type of written guide on how to make this.
Would love to buy a few of these without having to buy the components and assemble, but appreciate that this is such a great solution.
Well you never know...
Would be much easier to use a breadboard and jumpers than soldering. It may seem daunting but it gets pretty fun (and maybe a little addicting) after a few attempts.
oh geez me to! Id buy 4/5 right away! these things are great and i font have the time for building them.
@@EverythingSmartHome could these sensors work with hubitat too?
I would 100% buy a bunch of these!
Great video! I loved that you built your own sensor that does everything you need. Makes me want to build one for each room in my house.
Thanks Steve, appreciate that!
This is so awesome! Presence detection has always been a pain point but this seems to be the perfect solution. Cant wait for more commercially made projects to be readily available with MMW
Haha thanks, I agree!!
This is awesome! Would be great to have some sort of documentation for this. So a buylist together with the step by step manual to put this together. Same for the STL file of printing a case. Maybe an idea when a V2 will be released? XD can't wait! Great idea!
I came back to this video for just half of this and I would be happy if that is all I found.
The parts list in the description is decent but not very detailed, once the links die it will be harder to find later.
The lack of STL files and the updated code mentioned in the video is the worst part though... I wanted to make 5 of these but make some tweaks and the lack of code really hurts. I am pretty disappointed as it seems this project is already been abandoned by Everything Smart Home.
Well, this comment didn't age well 😜 This project is very much alive as you can see :)
I will make a DIY version available at some point - truth be told this video was never intended to be a "guide" on how to do it, I more wanted to show it off - but lots have asked for one so I will chuck some stuff up at some point, I am currently very busy making this a full fledged product for people to buy, but once that's done then I will try to make a DIY guide for those who prefer that route - I don't know how long that will be though, so meantime if you have any questions at all about how to make this, Discord is the best place - there is tons of information and discussion about this sensor there and more than happy to help
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks for the great response! Awesome this project is still alive and kickin!
@@EverythingSmartHome really hope you can have a version with air quality sensor. Congrats BTW
I don't think it is so awesome - incorporating few sensors as one and using lot of mcu interfaces is overkill. Probably better idea to use radar presence detector sensors like LD2410
9:00 by the way since you were speculating on this you are correct a 60ghz mmwave sensor is far more sensitive even being capable of detecting heartbeats and breathing which is why its so much more reliable than the 24ghz one when detecting sleeping humans, although it does this at a much lower range than a 24ghz module. To be fair the dfrobot sensor does specifically say in the instructions and even shows pictures to install the sensor directly above or under the bed when using it for that purpose. Seeed studio actually has a 60hz module for sale on amazon currently if you want to read about it maybe even test it. ............... seeed studio mr60fda1 60ghz mmwave sensor
Thanks!
Can I ask - because I don't see it - what the benefit is of being able to detect motion from a sleeping person?
@@JohnVanderbeck presence detection in a room after the occupant has gone motionless in bed
@@ezradmello7021 Yeah I get that but for what purpose? Just curious. Usually you use these for turning on lights but you don't want lights on when you are sleeping.
It's actually the opposite.
You'd use this as a bed occupancy sensor so you can tell when you're in bed or sleeping.
Ex: Slowly dim and turn off the lights if it's night time and presence is detected at the bed.
The fp1 is amazing. I spent months/years trying different combos of door contacts and motion detectors to detect presence in the bathroom and when in the shower, but nothing short of pressing a button to set my system into "shower mode" worked well. That all changed as soon as I received the fp1. Not only does it perfectly detect someone being in the bathroom, it detects through the shower curtain, and it even detected me in the shower when I accidentally put my clothes directly in front of the device.
I was able to remove all other devices and complex node-red flows minus one aqara motion detector to more quickly trigger the lights to turn on as it takes a few seconds longer for the fp1 to determine that there is an actual person in the room, where as a normal motion detector is nearly instant. I then only have to use the fp1's "off" mode when presence is no longer detected to turn the light off. There is no trouble in between anymore of lights going off when using the toilet or in the shower.
Had this idea of combining sensor together per room since a while. The mm wave is a game changer. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for watching!
Dying for a build and programming guide on this! You're the best
Other than the fact that I might have to actually get better at soldering, this video and its predecessor are right up my alley. Well, at least it's where I want to be but need to put in some effort first. Thanks so much for this. Once again Kudos to you sir!
Thanks for listening to my suggestion: This will be the most interesting upload you have done so far since this is such an important feature most smart homes lack.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Great video. Do you have a diagram showing all of the connections you made from each component ?
RF Engineer here, seems like a fun project to put into one PCB. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, that was the whole idea! Appreciate it!
You swine!! Just after I completed the first version using the mmWave sensor, you come out with this! Seriously, a great video and another fantastic project. I will be attempting this upgrade as soon as I can.
Haha apologies! At least you have the most important part already that is gold dust 😂
@@EverythingSmartHome Just snagged another mmwave sensor. When it comes, I'll have all the parts to build this multi-sensor. All I need is the schematic and the code to make it work!!! I can't figure it out from the video alone. Any chance you might make this available soon? Many thanks.
Great sensor. I can see having these all over my house. Well done.
I would absolutely love to see a zigbee version of this! I have a bunch of ESP32-CAM cameras already, and they're a bit unreliable with regards to connectivity. The zigbee devices I have seem to be much more consistent. Also, I love the lower power draw.
If there was a zigbee version of this, I'd probably order a bunch.
Verrrry nice! Good work!
I‘d seen a link to your website with the words „written article“… but i can‘t find anything on the website…?
A wiring diagram and a .bin file for the ESP would make it very easy to make one.
I couldn’t help making a connection drawing if you want.
I love it .. the mmwave is pure gold for presence, and getting the other sensors in there as well, really starts to make this a perfect smart home sensor solution
Thanks dude, appreciate it!
Will you write this up as a guide for others to make their own? This is just what I've been looking for!
yes please
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Air quality is something nice to add. Apart from your suggestion to add a particle sensor I would add a CO2 sensor like the SCD30. That will tell you when you have to ventilate the room.
Forgot to compliment you on this nice video…
This was essentially going to be my reply...swap out the bme280 for an scd41, and add co2 to the measurements I believe?
Sir, There is writen article in your web site on above article?
Great appetizer! Now what would be great is to have a project page with step by step guidance and code.
Knocking the ball out of the park with this one! Added to my project list.
This video was extremely informative, thx! The speed comparison between PIR and mmWave was great, I never thought of testing it that way and always felt that mmWave was faster - guess that was confirmation bias after all (or something else entirely, like network or esphome related stuff)!
Another awesome project Lewis, well done! 👏🏻
Apparently the IKEA Vindriktning air quality sensor is reliable and can be hacked to connect to the ESP boards.
If you don't mind the noise from the fan. Audible in a quiet room.
Thanks Rob, that's good to know! I think the added bulk would be too much but maybe there is a way!
Hey, do you have a written article on this project? I couldn't locate it on your website. Thank you. Your videos and tuts are much appreciated!
You're a fricking legend man, can't wait to try this.
wow this is definitely the all in one we all been looking for you are a genius. please could you do a full build and programming video on this one.
Thanks - I'll see what I can do
@@EverythingSmartHome I guess you not done with it yet you seem like you will add 10 extra features on the next one you build for another room at yours. So would be great if we can see detailed build. Thank you. Ps have not spotted in your videos what you do for living but you should be paid big big money for making these. Make your own brand 💰💰
Please can I get a copy of the code, and wiring diagrams? I am not seeing it in the Written Article.
Will try to get something up as soon as we can, cheers!
This is brilliant, thank you. I know it's kinda outside the spec of this, but I'd love a battery version for the bathroom.
These are awesome and I would happily buy a few of these! Very Nice!
Thanks....soon!!
@@EverythingSmartHome ok understood, that's the reason why you don't react on questions like "Can we find the written article?" or "Could you please post the code?". It would be good if you openly communicate this (e.g. in your video description).
Up to now I found your videos motivating and inspiring for DIY projects. But finally it's all about making money ;).
Can you give us the the esphome code you used please.
Awesome work! So when can we expect a Kickstarter project for this bad boy? 😀
Would it be possible use a POE connection to power and communicate with this sensor setup?
For rapid prototyping and permanent projects I got a fan of the wire wrapping and the glue gun. in comparison with a breadboard or a prototype board you can get quite quick a breakout board aggregate, works with most pin spacing and the glue gun fixes the wires on the pins and the position of the boards. Also most time no solder fumes :)
Is there someplace a ESPHome newbie can read about the specifics on how to build this? Wiring diagram, ESPHome configs, and .stl file for the 3d printed enclosure?
Lewis amazing video! Would love a v3 and a full build guide!
Thanks Mark!
Yeah a full build would def. be appreciated. Any plans for that? :) especially the code is needed as I haven't had the chance to play around with esp home and that new Sensors so far.
This is absolutely fantastic! I'm going to give building one a go. I was looking to do room temperature sensors, and maybe figure out room presence, but WOW this does it all, plus light level. Air quality could be useful, but like you said to add that would greatly increase the bulk of the design, at least right now.
Would you be selling the finished product?
For air quality, a CO2 sensor may be more useful than a PM sensor, and not at all bulky, but a sensor "good enough" is not the cheapest sensor.
Do you have your ESP firmware available to share? This is a great product, I want to test this setup and then I plan on making a nice compact custom PCB.
Cheers for the video!
Any chance Lewis? :D
Can you PLEASE post the code for this?
Others have asked for this as well, but I can't find it, either on your github or you main page.
Would be great if you do a ceiling mount version of this.
brilliant project. So I ordered 5 parts right away. I hope there will soon be an explanation of how to put the things into operation.
You should totally design a PCB for this! I’d love to make one, but I’m not great at PCB design. I’d hate to get started just to realize I have to restart due to a bad design.
Yeah, pcbway had to be cringing at the use of a proto board in a vid they sponsored.
I would like to build one, but can't find the written article on your webpage.
Nice build ! Might also add a perfect presence detection sensor to my ToDo list. I agree that even if the price is pretty much the same, functionnalities are way better.
Thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work !
Thanks, good luck with the To-do list 😅
Also if something goes wrong its easy to replace a part
Are you going to have kits available again soon?
I'd love to see this more compact, in a unit like the Aeotec multi-sensor. I wonder how difficult it would be to reverse engineer those boards and create a single PCB with every component neatly installed together. I also wonder if there is redundancy across the boards, as I assume they'd have circuits performing similar functions and therefore using similar components repeatedly.
Another great video thanks - this is one I must build
Excellent video! I’ve had bad luck with the PIRs I’ve purchased. The link in your video should get me a decent PIR. Using a HiLink HLK-LD2410C-p for microwave sensor. BME280 for temp and humidity. Then VCNL 4010 proximity, light sensor. Replacing all my esp8266 project with ESP32’s. Some with Pi Pico’s, using Micropython.
This is a pretty cool all in one sensor. I've been following crlogic's work over on HA too.
I do have a few questions/challenges for you though:
Why did you spend more money on STEMA/QT compatible sensors, proceed to solder them to a proto board, and them talk about the overall footprint being too big? In an effort to appeal to a larger audience, a fair number of the Pimoroni and Adafruit sensors are much larger than some of the more basic offerings, but offer more functionality (generally have a voltage regulator and level shifter to accept both 3.3V or 5V inputs, and have STEMA/QT connectors for no-solder connection options.) For example, a generic BME280 is 11x14mm vs 19x19 for the Pimoroni, and a generic BH1750 is 18.5x14mm vs 26x18mm for the Adafruit (~50% difference!). You do have to watch out for counterfeit sensors on some of the cheaper versions though.
For a prototype board, why didn't you use headers for attaching the sensors to the board? You definitely had the room to do it for this iteration, and it would have allowed you to swap out sensors during testing and future iterations if need be.
The BME280 sensor is very precise on its own, but most of the circuit implementations suffer from heatsoak that skew the temps at least 2* higher than actual. Putting the chip in sleep mode between readings, and adjusting the heater circuity can help, but mounting it directly above an inverted ESP32 chip is not going to do anything for accuracy.
Pretty cool idea and looks to be a fantastic solution, certainly will be on my upcoming build list.
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Thanks! I’m looking forward to build a couple of these for my home. Do you have any idea of the power consumption of a single unit? Can it be realistically powered off replaceable or rechargeable batteries?
A lot of the industrial HVAC occupancy sensors use CO2. Because people breath roughly the same amount you can judge the amount of people based on the curve of CO2. It's also a fresh air thing. Cool project man. Keep up the good work
Enjoying all the videos related to this DIY sensor. That's a great prototype case. Are the STL available? I can see it useful to prototype many different combinations.
Thank you for this very helpful video! I've not tried this setup yet but on many occasions struggle to solder properly due to the solders I have had or tried, would be helpful if you have a link to the one you use or one similar to get. Thanks
Awesome 👌
Great work, 👏 would be nice to see some content around how to setup automation between temp sensors and AC temperature control - keen to understand what would be the best approach to build such relationship considering energy efficiency for the AC
AC isn't something I have in this country unfortunately but shouldn't be too difficult...in theory!
Can you provide a quick update to the future of this sensor? I see it is sold out and no pre-orders are advertised. Thanks much!
Ever considered getting a custom pcb made up so that you don’t have to stack a bunch of boards? You could even get pcway to solder it all together and make something tiny
Nice job there Lewis! Those are the things a big brand needs to get running on PoE mountable as a "wall-switch"-sensor-module. Or even ZigBee and direct wired to the mains-voltage.
I really wished you could say anything about the power-consumption of your projects, as energy is a big concern of mine when talking about those designs. Would love to hear from you!
Thanks! PoE would be cool!
I usually would talk about power consumption, but it's literally so low on these projects it's generally not a concern, we are talking a very tiny amount of power that you won't notice at all in day to day, even in the current climate!
Poe would be ideal for these, have though about something like this, ceiling mounted and fully enclosed.
Also an led chip for a nightlight. I love the very low level light a Ring Protect gives off at night when you walk under it.
Perhaps when it has wired power, a zigbee repeater(for other devicesl, if there is something suitable that could fit into it.
Great product! I understand your reasoning behind excluding it, but I would have loved to see an air quality, or at least CO2 sensor in here as well for automating fans or air circulators.
Maybe for the v3...it'll be expensive though 😂 thanks!
Nice device. There are some sensors that I prefer to the ones you picked that might be of interest. Firstly, if you want to add PM10/PM2.5 the NOVA SDS011 is very good even compared with sensors several orders of magnitude more expensive, honestly, for £15 it's shockingly good. Second, for humidity measurement I've found the BME series sensors don't tend to give accurate humidity readings. The SI7021/HTU21D are good alternatives but lack atmospheric pressure so it's a trade off, it has a different I2C address so you could try both in the same device and see which gives the most sane readings or have both or use the BMP180 instead. For light levels the VEML6040 gives colour temperature as well as Lux which could be handy if you want your lights to match ambient conditions, unfortunately it's not built into ESPHome, but could be added as a custom sensor.
Thanks for the info, useful!
Of what benefit is a pressure sensor indoors?
Pet friendly PIR sensor and KNX integration board.. great stuff
Awesome work!
Btw: Where can I find the wiring diagram and the code for Home Assistant?
Very cool project. I wonder if a similar project would work with battery only?
Very impressive work, your skillz are to be admired. Please enlighten us on how we can build or optionally purchase this fabulous device
Very nice build! I ended up using the energy meter that measures solar generation as a proxy for daylight levels. That avoids the light sensor picking up the brightness of the room lighting.
Thats a good idea too!
Hi Is this sensor can be adjuste to ignore small things like cat ?
Very nicely done! I've the same question as some other users: could you kindly measure the actual power usage of the device? I'm not convinced the power usage is minimal, especially if you would install sensors in all rooms in the house. Things can add up pretty fast.
I'll try at some point sure!
@@EverythingSmartHome I'm also interested about energy consumption! Maybe find some ways to hibernate the sensors when possible too. Great project!
Super sensor! Thanks for video! I'm going to try setup: light sensor, SCD41 (CO2, temp, humidity) and mmWave Radar
if you are into sensors, look at the mysensors project. it integrates well with HA. I have battery powered temp/hum/lux/pir all over my house. works great.
I had the same idea but didn't install radar sensor bulb at last moment cuz gallery I was planning to put that bulb on has curtains that make false movement any solution?
How difficult would it be to do a complete enclosure on something like this? I assume you'd need to tune the milimeter wave sensor?
Great video and work!! For me I would love to have an all in one solution. Your sensor paired with humidity, air quality, co2 and smoke sensor (with optional pinhole camera, where you can use the mic for Siri or Alexa). All working via a LAN cable (power and data) and all in a ceiling mounted Smoke Sensor enclosure. Of course HomeKit compatible 😀. No Switches no nothing just one sensor on the ceiling and some in wall speakers and underfloor heating
hello. will this work outdoor? need for security alarm
Thank you for sharing this project with us. As always, great video.
Would you mind sharing the codes with us?
Was an article for this video ever published or has it been pulled now that the other presence sensor is available to buy? Trying to see if the .yaml is available as you seem to be doing some coded filtering of the values in the yaml file which i'm interested in not reinventing the wheel with...
What I missed from your built: Nicer design. Does a closed enclosure work (of course with a hole(s) for the PIR/Microwaves)?
I haven't got around to designing the faceplate for it yet. Slots are needed in the side for temperature and also light level to work
How about poe? Wired network and power.
This is the package I wish to make it wall-mountable with poe straight from the wall. Something like a wall-switch but just for sensors.
Would be a nice addition!
Your link to the written article just goes to a home page without search functionality and I can't find the article on this sensor.
did i miss the link to the esphome code, or does it not exist? id like to have it please! Thanks!
I'll get it up very soon!
Does the FP1 work well under the bed pointed up? For the graph at 8:55 I wasn't sure if that was for under the bed.
HI! I would add some LED for notification/status. For example, when i'm in shower, I turn on lights manually (PIR override), so PIR dont turn off light, while I'm showering, problem is that, when i went out of shower, I don't know, if light is turned on by sensor or manual switch. If that was sensor, then light will turn off after minute, if manual, then never. In that case, I always do double check - manual turn off. In this scenario I would love to give quick glance on my PIR (in my case shelly), that will have LED that give me status of active light mode. This is my scenario, why i would add to this - LED status light
Hi Lewis, at 2:00 into this video you refer to the delay in the switching on with the milimeter wave.
I have my homes security system PIR sensors connected through a Konnected board and Home assistant, and ever since installing a UDM Pro into my network I have the same issue... however for me it is a 2 second delay. Did you find that the delay was only with the milimeter wave or are you running a switch like a UDM Pro???
I have an UDM Pro and a ESP with an PIR in an Multisensor... I have no delay.
@@YaGr-ip3ub I suspect the delay is through the Konnected Board.
I'm definitely keen to try this, but I can't get hold of the sensor. Seeed have some interesting ones that might work. Perhaps I'll do some experimenting...
I see that the default BLE tracker via ESPHome is separate from iBeacon. Is the ESPHome software compatible with running both the BLE tracker and iBeacon at the same time?
Please start calling it I square c, furthermore amazing video!
really great project. a question about the mm radar. Can it be used as a sensor in an alarm system in a house with pets? Or better will also detect animals? I have a cat and i placed the aqara pir sensor at a height where it doesn't detect the cat, so its usable, how about the radar?
Congrats on the nice build!
A few tips:
For air quality rather than a PM sensor I use co2 sensors (the senseair s8). I use it to control my ventilation system. It also helps detect whether there are people in the house.
For the update frequency of the sensors I have the esp32 check the value every few seconds but only report this value to home Assistant if there is a change bigger than a specific value. This way I get more or less instant updates but without spamming home Assistant and my wifi network.
I've added a screen to my sensor where I can see the data of my sensors including charts. Took a while to figure out how to do it in ESPHOME but pretty cool. The screen is off by default and turns on when the PIR sensor or microwave sensors which I'm using detect me.
I also have an RGB LED that at a glance shows me the air quality (a gradient from green to red). The brightness of the LED is controlled by the light sensor.
I suspect you are not going to put a cover in front of your multisensor, but if you do: you'll need to place your BME280 outside the case, otherwise readings will be off. Same of course for light sensors etc.
What I'm struggling the most with is finding a reliable humidity/temperature sensor, but I'm pretty sure the problem is that I'm a cheapskate and am buying from AliExpress which are probably knockoffs.
Do you have an video/photo of it?
Do you know if this mmware zigbee could work with sonoff zigbee ?
Hello, does it give good data when there is a working fan or a drape that moves by wind from an open window ?
hey i got this esp32 and the sensor but i cant find out how to install it and the instructions don't show the pin out for this esp32 (also im kind of new to this as well) please help if you can
This is absolutely awesome. Something I would love to build as well. But I have gone to your web site but cant find a wiring diagram and also not the code you used? Is this something you still have somewhere to share with us please?
Would it be possible to detect fire using one of those sensors already on the board?
This is really a great video on a very interesting project. It seems to me that this sensor has all the functions I need. I would like to rebuild the sensor to use it in several rooms. Unfortunately, my knowledge of electronics is not sufficient to rebuild the project with the available information. Therefore the question, will you publish a detailed plan and if so, when?
Thanks! I plan to at some point yes when I get some time, having said that...stay tuned for more!
hi, I see the BME280 and BH1750 from aliexpress comes in 3v or 5v but the original Adafruit BH1750 version support 3v and 5v. did you connect it to 3v or 5v or should I get the Adafruit version? Thank you
And can you split thw room in zones??
Excellent video - nice work!
Excuse me, can I get the difference between millimeter wave radar sensor and microwave radar sensor?
Do you have a written guide? The link in the description takes me to your website, but despite searching for it and scrolling for a solid five minutes. I have been unable to locate any type of written guide on how to make this.
This is awsome. Gonne make some of theese. I cannot fint teh written article tho. Do you have a direct link?