I think ESP-NOW is a great alternative to Zigbee for DIY projects, as it uses ESPs and is easy to work with. I planned a couple of future projects that use ESP-NOW and LoRa, so I hope you're as excited about future projects as I am. Congrats to our previous video giveaway winner, ⭐@francescoatria1086⭐ And thank you all for your support!

@Onlyindianpj

25 күн бұрын

Ca you make gateway for MySensors

@ChrisS-oo6fl

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for doing these giveaways. This is an exciting project. I’ve been looking to implement Lora into my home assistant integration for years and ESP now for a while. I’ve also been thinking about esp now for a hot minutes too. I have some long range animal tracking projects, and multiple sensors for my race shop. It would also be great for the HA instance in our race trailer so we can utilize sensors across large race track properties!

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

@@ChrisS-oo6fl Wow, that's fantastic! I'm thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the video and found it useful. It sounds like you have some incredible projects in the works. CapiBridge will definitely be a great asset for your long-range animal tracking and race shop sensors. Best of luck with your Home Assistant integration and all your future endeavors. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm!

I'm currently planning a water irrigation system for my parent's greenhouse. This gateway would be really helpful to communicate with different sensors and relays for this project. For the idea of shields, I would also add IR Blaster next to the RF433 shield to replace remotes in the house and control A/C for example through HA. Last but not least I want to thank you for the amazing quality content, building the project itself then shooting everything (with all the different angle shots, etc..) I can't image how much work is behind every video.. at the same time, I can't wait for the next project 😅

@PricelessToolkit

2 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! As for the IR, I'm not entirely sure because it needs to be installed in a specific location. However, I have an idea: to create a shield for "WiFi Probe Requests" so you can detect when specific people are approaching the house, with capturing MAC addresses.

Looks like a perfect match for my water leak detection system in the crawl space

@PricelessToolkit

7 күн бұрын

why not!

Great build! I switched to ESP-NOW for my battery powered wattmeter in my switchboard. It made a huge difference to battery life and means I can send data more frequently too. The 433MHz addon would be perfect as I don't see many ready made solutions for it, I'd use it to control the 10 ceiling fans in my house

@PricelessToolkit

22 күн бұрын

Thank you

Last year, I constructed a water irrigation system for my plants, which includes an ESP32 and sensors for soil, temperature, air pressure, humidity, along with a display and pump. It updates Google Sheets with significant data changes, and I get notifications on my phone when the pump turns on or off. Lately, I've been exploring ways to enhance "the system", and CapiBridge seems to be the perfect solution, as I've considered integrating "the system" with Home Assistant.🖖

@Emerald13

23 күн бұрын

What soil sensors are you using?

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

Nice project! I have a similar project for Home Assistant "Droplet" github.com/PricelessToolkit/Droplet

@yugidevil

23 күн бұрын

​@@Emerald13 capacitive soil moisture sensor v2 from Ali on outside plants, but now i got capacitive soil sensor from guys at Soldered ..it's more accurate than aliexpress ones(as it should be for the price😅)

@yugidevil

23 күн бұрын

​@@PricelessToolkit"Droplet" project is incredibly impressive and far more advanced than mine. The level of detail and functionality you've achieved is inspiring. too bad i found about your channel just recently when i was trying to find out how to make smart coffee machine. could've saved me a lot of trouble with "Droplet"😁

@PricelessToolkit

13 күн бұрын

Can you please send me the link to that sensor? I'm currently working on my own design and might need to stop. Thanks! :)

Am excited about LoRa and ESP-NOW Gateway for Home Assistant!

@PricelessToolkit

8 күн бұрын

nice

This type of gateway seems perfect for communicating with sensors far from the house, in the garden, for example.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

yes exactly!

I've been following your channel for a few months and I want to thank you because I'm learning a lot from your videos and your explanations are clear and precise. Thank you a lot

@PricelessToolkit

17 күн бұрын

You are so welcome!

With PoE and the ability to also use it as a Bluetooth-Proxy, this would be a huge game changer. Would love to get my hands on this, but also looking forward to version 2.0!

@PricelessToolkit

6 күн бұрын

everyone has WIFI and maybe 5 percent of them has PoE switch. v2 will be with minor changes, but in the list, i have other Gateway project "for remote locations"

I love these kinds of projects. High capacity data transfer between Esp-Now's communication power and other ESP modules and transmission to long distances outside the home. This is exciting.

@PricelessToolkit

19 күн бұрын

thanks!

Very impressed. I think I could use the module to connect to a mailbox sensor at the end of my long driveway.

@PricelessToolkit

22 күн бұрын

My main use case is Mailbox sensor and Garage Security

Just come across your channel blown away by the quality especially for your size, fantastic work!

@PricelessToolkit

15 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!!!!!

Using a network of environmental sensors around my house and property would definitely make good use of this!

@PricelessToolkit

19 күн бұрын

exactly!

Such a great idea and design :) Looking forward to using this to see dam water levels. Would love 433 support! Use a LOT of that!

@PricelessToolkit

9 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

This is exactly what i need for my outdoor pond sensors. ESP-Now and your adaptation of it will allow experimenter's like my self to push the boundaries of home assistant and diy sensors to new levels and distances. Great work and and thanks

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This looks incredibly cool. I'm planning to automate my drip irrigation based off weather/soil moisture sensors.

@PricelessToolkit

17 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

Use case is integrating Home Assistant to my mailbox at the gate. Very innovative and well thought out project, thank you!

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

You are welcome!

i would love to try this in my car to monitor temperature, battery voltage, current and solar power while im in my apartment, this looks like a perfect fit with home assistent, amazing Technology!

@PricelessToolkit

21 күн бұрын

Nice idea!

@onjolt2

14 күн бұрын

You must be from Arizona😂

Great project. I've use the ESP-NOW standard in an emergency button pendant for my elderly father. This is ideal for when he's in the yard gardening.

@PricelessToolkit

22 күн бұрын

That's a great idea! thank you!!

Awesome idea.. it means i’ll be able to connect to my further sensors without relying on the wifi expanders I’ve put up for the connection (witch fails intermittently) and was making me give up… i guess that’s the way to go… 👍👍👍👍

@PricelessToolkit

9 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This is actually a great option for a long-range weather station, or in my case, watering sensors and valves for growing plants in my outdoor garden. Nice work another great product !

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank You!

Wow. Just learning and this combo idea seems great. Am excited just to get LoRaWAN working between two locations a mile apart. Adding ESP-NOW is frosting on the cake.

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

Thank you, but this is not a LoRaWAN. LoRaWAN is a public network.

@ursmii_

21 күн бұрын

@@PricelessToolkit probably you could extend the code for LoRaWan? There were a lot of commercial sensors available and it would be easy with your gateway to connect them to HomeAssistant

@PricelessToolkit

14 күн бұрын

Yes, it is possible but Why? keeping it local is more valuable.

This is quite a nifty project, I'm just getting into the DIY sensor game, but I can already see use cases for this to extend range along my property! Thanks for a well thought out piece of kit!!

@PricelessToolkit

15 күн бұрын

Glad I could help!

Will definitely use this for irrigation systems! Really neat! Good job!

@PricelessToolkit

22 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

This is exactly what I'm looking for. I want to send my power consumption from my basement to my apartment, but that's a little too long for WiFi. I'm in the process of switching the transmitter to Lorawan or Espnow, but don't have any real plans for a receiver yet. I also built some sensors that measure the moisture of my plants' soil. I would like to switch this to espnow for energy efficiency so the batteries last longer. So I would be very happy about this bridge

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

Good luck!

Perfect! I’d live To use this to connect to all sensors on my off grid farm 🎉

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

That would be cool!

Just got here! Happy to see your projects!

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

I love LoRA and ESP-Now range, and cannot wait to see a gateway that can be connected to Homeassistant. Best would be for me implementing this gateway using generic off the shelf dev boards for quick availability and sustainability. Today I use a couple of Meshtastic devices with MQTT enabled helps me to control Homeassistant devices, I am very happy with it. but having esp-now as well would be perfect.... cheers and thanks for sharing.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

Looking forward to using it as a home present, remote present board, Also as tracker for if my Dogs decide to leave the yard.

@PricelessToolkit

18 күн бұрын

Nice!

This Hub is exactly what I need for testing my sensors. I’ve made some PCb with 4/5 sensors, and I’m working to integrate ESPNOW and Lora protocols into my home assistant. I’d like migrate all my sensor with normally IEE811 protocol into EspNow and Lora protocols to lower energy consumption of my house. Great work and thank you. PS: I’m working to make a PCB whit Lora Protocol for cresting a Building Automation System for Hospital and Schools.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

I'm glad you find the project useful

Perfect for integrating Home Assistant to my mailbox at the gate. Many thanks for this innovative and well thought out project

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dschelte

24 күн бұрын

good idea, want that as well

Hats down man! This is awesome!!!

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you again!!!

Constructing a miniature fleet of RC vehicles. Some autonomous, relaying telemetry and sensor data, while others will allow telepresence override (you remote in and drive, sense, fly etc) A central hub and link to home assistant is in the plan and today's project just checked many boxes. Thanks

@PricelessToolkit

14 күн бұрын

Glad that this project is helpful.

Nice project! I just was looking how to integrate Lora and EspNOW. Great job, thanks for sharing

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful work! I am starting with esp, i definitively need to learn more to get the most out of it :)

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing project! I will definitely test it in my Smarthome environment.

@PricelessToolkit

13 күн бұрын

Thanks

Super work, it seems like a really good fit for some long range devices in the garden :)

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank You

I would love to have this to combine some door sensors and get a trigger once someone rings my bell and so on. My crucial factor, the range. LoRa is perfect to get my garages sensors and the front door sensors, espnow would be a great thing to use for my cameras in this combination. Bring everything together is a very comfortable way to do so, especially with reduced power consumption. Especially the size is nice so it can be placed in a good location without much wires hanging around. 💪

@PricelessToolkit

15 күн бұрын

LoRa is suitable for long-range communication (300m-1km), but it will spread your signal across the entire neighborhood. For indoor use, ESP-NOW is a very good option.

Excellent! I've been looking for a cloud-free way to integrate a LoRa based DIY weather station with Home Assistant! Will definitely look into this concept of yours!

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Thanks!! Glad it was helpful!

Nice that KZread has shown your video on my start page. I really like that. I would like to use it for my garden and some sensors which are to far away for wifi "only".

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

I have a mailbox that is far away from my home, and have wanted to connect it with LoRa for a while. I like the idea of this project to make that link easier to create

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!

What a great project again. And again it comes very handy: I am experimenting with LoRa for some time and I also want to convert my Hydreon RG9 rain sensor to be solar powered. Therefore it would make a lot of sense to change the ESP8266 from WiFi to ESP-NOW to be less energy hungry.

@PricelessToolkit

17 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This project looks great! It would be an ideal fit for the weather station that I am planning to set up.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

This is amazing. I sooo could use this on the farm!

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

Glad you like it!

Wow, nice project. I would use this for my aquaponics automation project to simplify my sensor connections through Wifi and Lora. My current stack is HA, MQTT, Node-red, InfluxDB, Grafana

@PricelessToolkit

11 күн бұрын

Thank you!! Sounds great!

brilliant combination! also the sensorboard looks interesting

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!!

ESP-NOW is very exciting and combined with LoRa would be super.

@PricelessToolkit

21 күн бұрын

Thanks

Great combination of technologies.... now you just need to add a mesh type tech like a zigbee radio and you'll have a swiss army knife gateway. This would be great in my case using ESP Now sensors in my house and Lora for some temp sensors I have in remote outbuildings used to monitor temp extremes.

@PricelessToolkit

23 күн бұрын

Thanks, ESP-NOW already has mesh capability just firmware needs some tweaking.

I’m excited to use this module to connect to an upcoming project to monitor the water level in the creek behind my house.

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

wow ok good luck!

Sounds like a perfect fit for a distant mailbox sensor!

@PricelessToolkit

22 күн бұрын

yep

I will use this to track data of my beehives. I collect temperature, humidity and weight and sending it via SMS at the moment. Huge overhead to save my data in a database... With the data I can say when it's the best time to harvest the honey or feed my bees. I would love to have one! 😊

@PricelessToolkit

12 күн бұрын

Nice! The Beehive Controller project has been on my list for over two years. I love bees!

@e2Dy

12 күн бұрын

@@PricelessToolkit Do you own hives? I was stuck on this project also for two years and just finished it. ^^

@PricelessToolkit

12 күн бұрын

​@@e2Dy Personally, no, but I found a colleague from work who has many, so I can experiment with it. Interestingly, the main problem is the physical design, which needs to address handling duties, transportation, stacking, and so on. "for 100+ hives"

@e2Dy

12 күн бұрын

@@PricelessToolkit Ok that's a lot! I could not imagine to handle more than 10 hives beside my job. A friend welded me a frame for the scale. What metrics will you collect from your implementation?

@PricelessToolkit

12 күн бұрын

@@e2Dy Interior: sound level, frequency, hum, temperature, VOCs, and possibly CO2. Exterior: temperature, humidity, light (Lux), and weight. How precisely can you determine the honey weight?

nice, already use your mailbox and clicker unit, this will be a great expension thankq

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Glad you like it!

Brilliant, great work, was impressed by your Mailbox alerting, but this would bring together all my long range Rat Trap triggered sensors located in a large area of bush ... very interested to follow your progress and would love to Test.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! 'Rat Trap Triggered Sensors' is something new!!

I think it will be perfect for my garage monitoring

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

For a garage, ESPHome is more suitable. With it, you can not only monitor but also control the garage door.

i so excited i want to make this type of gateway but failed to get that much of power effeciency its too amazing .

@PricelessToolkit

6 күн бұрын

Gateway is not power efficient, and sensors are

very cool. use for irrigation!

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

For now, it's a one-way communication system, only gathering sensor data.

a great combination of both tools. i am looking to use it for some projects

@PricelessToolkit

10 күн бұрын

Thanks

Lora I think I'm the most excited about

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

for me is ESP-NOW

Really nice project! Would be perfect for my planned weather station. I love my Mailbox sensor I bought a very good product!

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like it!

So much knowledge!

@PricelessToolkit

10 күн бұрын

A little!!

I'm just getting in to ESPhome and LORA devices so I would have a lot of fun tinkering with this device.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

That's awesome! ESPHome and LoRa devices are a lot of fun to work with. Good luck in the giveaway, and happy tinkering!

Smart letterbox of course!

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

of course!

Great project! Looking to use it with the LoRa Mailbox Guard and Home Assistant

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

Nice idea, want try this in a Mesh Wallbox Network Connection, for Easy installation with only Power needed. Thx for this interessting Produkt.

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

You are welcome

I would love to get into LoRa for outdoor sensors, like soil water content, etc. My wife wants to build some raised garden beds and being able to water exactly when needed would be awesome.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Sounds great!

Great project, Looking to use it with the LoRa Mailbox notification and Home Assistant

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Perfect!

what an amazing tool. remote lora sensors for home assistant. brilliant work. garden watering system candidate.

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I'm building a garden watering system, allowing for multiple zones and schedules, with off-line functions so the watering schedule is not impacted by lack of internet. It also has LoRa on the board to allow for longer range where WiFi may not be accessible, meshing to allow for one WiFI station to be the master. Additional sensors will use ESP-Now to feed soil moisture readings, and weather station input. I intended to use Open MQTT Gateway devices to provide a bridge between WiFi and LoRa.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Sounds complicated but nice project!

I am currently working on a sensor network for my boat where I will need the following sensors, a water level sensor, several temp sensors, a battery/volt meter sensor, several humidity sensors, and an accelerator/movement sensor, and all this data needs to be sent either to a receiver at my house or in the cloud. I think that the CapiBridge will be perfect for my use case.

@PricelessToolkit

17 күн бұрын

That sounds like a very cool and interesting project! Best of luck with your project!

I plan to make a smart house project to make it more efficient and secure.

@PricelessToolkit

8 күн бұрын

nice!

I’m excited to transition my small grape field from Esp32+Lora based per-vine plant sensor (moisture + temp + sunlight + humidity) to EspNOW-only !

@PricelessToolkit

14 күн бұрын

but why every plant has its own sensor ?

@fiveangle

13 күн бұрын

@@PricelessToolkit these are mature Pinot vines and are sampled at harvest for content to then determine potential micro climate changes for optimizing various end-product (wine) characteristics

@PricelessToolkit

13 күн бұрын

Some serious research, nice!!

It would be great for my garage door sensor which is outside the reach of wifi range. Your projects are awesome. Thank you.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Good luck!

Wow this is perfect for my pool cover

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

noce!

Have a dozen projects this would be excellent in!

@PricelessToolkit

12 күн бұрын

nice!

Custom weather monitoring system is what I'd use it for

@PricelessToolkit

20 күн бұрын

ok!

I think this would work pretty well for monitoring and controlling my greenhouse and garden irigation system

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

For now, it's one-way communication.

Great vid, thanks

@PricelessToolkit

16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I will probably use it to check temperature and monitor the door of my chicken house. Very cool project 👍

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Keep an eye on my future projects; there will be some interesting ones for you!

I love all of your videos! the esp bell is awesome! excited if I win the giveaway

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Thank you very much and good luck!!

Sensors in my garden!

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

ESP-NOW is exactly for that!

Great video

@PricelessToolkit

17 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Love the dual ESP design, need to have sheild for GPS/GNSS or 4G

@PricelessToolkit

10 күн бұрын

thanks, maybe 3G or EDGE is cheaper.

Cool gateway. I would like one to use it to measure the water-tank in a rural area in Italy (for a holiday home)

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Great idea

Awesome project man! Wi-Fi extenders for outdoor sensors are no longer needed after something like this.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!

hmm, espnow + lora, what I cant use this for... love it, clean, quality work, count me in for the give away :) I would use this to control water flow and soil tempreture for different plants in the greenhouse.

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

Good luck!

I want to use it for my garden for my mosture sensors and temp a humidity!

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

nice!

To participate in the giveaway, just like, subscribe, and let us know in the comments which DIY sensor project you’re excited to use it for

@PricelessToolkit

10 күн бұрын

hmmm :)

Garden watering with sensors collection water barel levels, rainwater and soil water content over a 1000m2 garden.

@PricelessToolkit

11 күн бұрын

wow nice big garden!

Your idea very good and effective

@PricelessToolkit

16 күн бұрын

Many many thanks

It's a good idea

@PricelessToolkit

Сағат бұрын

Thank you!!

I like to show it in my LoRaWAN-book which will be published in autumn 2024 at Rheinwerk-Verlag.

@PricelessToolkit

22 күн бұрын

it will be great!!!

Nice! Would be cool to use for DIY garden bed soil moisture sensors on Solar panel/Battery

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

One of my upcoming project! :)

Perfectly for my cat door!

@PricelessToolkit

24 күн бұрын

hmm why not!

I'd use this as an alternative garage door opener since the radio in my existing one is barely working.

@PricelessToolkit

Сағат бұрын

capibridge frimware is only one way comunication for now .

that would be awesome to have to consolidate the 3 different gateways connected to my homeassistant green, that connect LoRa sensors around the property as well as environmental sensors i have for automations for the garden!

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

I'm also tired of having different gateways for different sensors, so I designed this gateway to unify all my projects into one.

I need this for some driveway sensors for my new 1800’ driveway.

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Like Motion sensor ?

@NickKarpen

25 күн бұрын

Motion sensor would be the easiest option. I would love to have a magnetic sensor underground also to detect vehicles in the driveway.

All the sensors in my caravan are ESP, but with power hungry wifi. Moving it to ESPnow would save a lot of power

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Yep, ESP-NOW is power efficient. I tested my timer-based ESP, and it sent data 3000 times ("sensor name, voltage, door status, and count") and only used 4.5mAh :)

good work

@PricelessToolkit

8 күн бұрын

Thanks

This is what I'm looking for, but I'd rather buy it than win it to support you.

@PricelessToolkit

21 күн бұрын

Thanks :)

I would use it for mailbox monitoring :)

@PricelessToolkit

25 күн бұрын

Good luck with the giveaway!