@johntatum329

Thanks again, Rob, for your video. I have been wanting to learn about ESP32, and am delighted that you are not only educating us about it but adding it to your (our) Smart Boat System. I have just recently been looking at how to add battery monitoring into the system rather than buying a separate and expensive battery monitor. I love your integrated approach and your commitment to keeping it robust but inexpensive. I look forward to the other ESP32 projects to integrate with Home Assistant for a fully fitted out Smart Boat.  I also appreciate that you are teaching us how to build a smart boat system, and even make our own Lithium batteries, but using the video's to sell your own products like many systems. There are tons of YT videos but I don't know of another one that offers a comprehensive guide for an inexpensive system. John T in Fla.

@yannistsopelas7217

Nice video, Rob. Thanks for sharing your work. Looking forward to exploring the ESP32 capabilities in boat automation.

@pvsfair

This video poped up on my home page, and it retriggered inside of me, the will to mess up with my dorment ESP32 that are lying down on my drawer. Please do more home assistant + ESP32 videos!

@SVRockChalk

Is there a driver for a PI4, had to start over from the boat?

@SVRockChalk

any good mounting boxes that you know of or have used?
Thx

@AgustínRoso-x6w

have you used Uni Shelly? best regards

@MV2Umbrellas

Can you do a video on esp32 mesh network ? I have a 78ft aluminum boat and would like to setup sensors in the steering room, engine room, and bridge … but WiFi will not make it the whole way … so I am thinking a mesh could help and it sounds like esp32 can do that

@MarleyMarlz1234

Can you help me to understand when we would use the esp32 and when we would use the Raspberry Pi?  Your earlier videos seem to use the Pi but now there are videos using the esp32.  Thank you.

@teirajansen

Thanks Rob but I can not get the ESP32 to show in ESPHome Builder. I can add it to ESPHome Devices in Settings -> Devices & services -> ESPHome as well as see the devices Web Page but it doesn't show up in ESPHome Builder so I can't "Adopt" it. I've tried to add manually but can't get that working either. Any Ideas??

@SVRockChalk

I keep getting "failed to initialize. Try to reset your device or holding down the BOOT button while clicking INSTALL" I have tried this and still get the same message. Any ideas on what to try? I know the drivers are good as I did a difference SP 32 board yesterday. Thx
Dave

@chrislee5245

Hi Rob, I’m brand new to doing this and following your excellent tutorial but have things changed since you made the video? 

When I got to the part where you install ESP Home, you  installed ESP Home Web 2023 .7.0? But all I had to download was esp-web-tools-example-0e9c98.yaml. 

I installed that and followed your video then got to the part where you can edit your file in Home Assistant and my file is totally different to yours - it shows 18 lines but only 15 lines of code. Yours is showing 31 lines with many more lines of code than mine. 

I’m using a Mac so had to use the Mac version of the drivers, rather than the universal that you used, if it’s anything to do with that?