Dis<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/t_o" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>t_o</span></a></span><span> I'm using MiFlora (</span><a href="https://a.co/d/bcpq1u0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a.co/d/bcpq1u0</a><span>) everywhere for soil sensing. I have plans to bolt AA rechargeables to them this summer, or maybe rig up a solar bank next to the garden. They are decent on battery individually but once you have a bunch it adds up. Accuracy is good enough to use the plant db integration data for alarms and such.<br>This hygrometer (</span><a href="https://a.co/d/4GxHrvS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a.co/d/4GxHrvS</a><span>) has also worked great, I have 3 for the different tents. (Looks like it is on sale, I might get another one..) Every now and again I put them together to make sure they still agree with each other.<br>I don't have a solution for watering yet, but I have a few in the wings waiting for reviews. I'll probably just build one. </span>:rick:<span><br>Fans, lights, warmers are all driven by ThirdReality zigbee switches (</span><a href="https://a.co/d/gXIvyGO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a.co/d/gXIvyGO</a><span>), and monitored by a hacky template sensor to ensure the state and the readings (power, illuminance) match the schedule. <br>For the BLE rx, I don't usually place intentional receivers anymore. Ever since I got the skeleton of the bigear running, I get toothbrushes and rivian car keys and such from several houses away. I don't have to add a radio when </span><i><span>anyone</span></i><span> gets new sensors :) That said, most of the receivers are still just esphome on esp32 as a side gig to their normal operation.<br><br>Rant: I can't mention BLE switches without a huge strong screaming warning: </span><b><span>Do Not Buy Switchbot!</span></b><span> After 2 tried to burn down my house, yes really, I took them out of service. They will fail eventually, even under-loaded, and when they do they will toggle on-off-on-off at about 4x per second until either you unplug it or the downstream equipment catches fire. Then you will find out that they don't cover the warranty unless you buy it in person from the CEO at his home on a leap day. I've got a stack of these stupid things, 3 of which failed on me after use with loads like "10 watt pole fan" and "buggy esp32 device on an old 5w usb charger that I reboot every day" :(<br><br></span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/miflora" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miflora</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/thirdreality" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thirdreality</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/zigbee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zigbee</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/homeassistant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/esphome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esphome</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/switchbot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#switchbot</a></p>