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Video & audio doorbell for Home Assistant: ESP32 Cam, DFPlayer Mini, ESPHome
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How to connect videodoor bell to esphome #5

Open nsacras opened 1 year ago

nsacras commented 1 year ago

Hi, a while ago i started the doorbell project and i did not had sucess playing anything.

A couple a days ago I started the videodoor bell project and I'm stuck. I have esp32-cam with a cam and the mp3 module in a breadboard. I realize that I have to connect esp32-cam in 5V, right? But after all connected, i realizes that esp32-cam neither mp3 module have any usb connect to HA pc!

How can I inject configuration in esphome at HA if the breadboard with the modules aren't detectable?

Can you please assist me?

Thanks

fusionstream commented 3 months ago

May be a little too late but you need an ftdi programmer. These are sometimes called usb-ttl programmers among a host of other names. What this basically does is transmit serial via your usb. Have a look on google for an ftdi programmer and you'll see VCC (5V or 3V, GND, TX, and RX pins. Some may have a reset pin as well.

You can also use an arduino or another esp8266/esp32 to program the board (there are guides everywhere) because it's basically just serial.