Flashing ESPHome or Tasmota to a Smart Device

This video will show how to flash both ESPHome and Tasmota to a Sonoff S31 and serves as an example of how to flash custom firmware to a retail device. The result will be use of this device to provide safe charging to a tablet used as a Home Assistant kiosk. See the full video description for parts shown and links to more information.

A written version of this project, including parts, wiring diagrams and code samples, can be viewed here: https://resinchemtech.blogspot.com/20...

Chapter Links:
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00:00 Intro
01:37 Purpose, Intent and Considerations
02:23 Why flash custom firmware?
03:00 Alternatives to Flashing
03:53 The Sonoff S31
04:55 Disassembly
05:55 GPIO Pins and Connecting to USB Flasher
09:27 Selecting the Firmware
10:17 Flashing ESPHome
16:14 Reassembly and Home Assistant Onboarding
17:12 Home Assistant Entities
17:53 Flashing Tasmota
20:42 Tasmota Basic Configuration
23:14 Home Assistant Automations
25:03 Wrap up and More Info


Parts Used or Shown
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Sonoff S31 (w/Energy Monitoring): https://amzn.to/454FiUx
Sonoff S31 Lite: https://amzn.to/457Kibd
Sonoff S31 Lite Zigbee Plug: https://amzn.to/44LEzYP
Innr Zigbee Plug: https://amzn.to/451SvNW
CP2102 USB-to-TTL: https://amzn.to/3OfAHIB
FTL232RL USB-to-Serial: https://amzn.to/44IR5IA
USB Extension Cable: https://amzn.to/47aO3hW
3D Printed S31 Flashing Jig (Thingiverse): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:343...
Pogo Pins for Jig: https://amzn.to/44VWVpO
Dupont Jumpers: https://amzn.to/3rTQDbF
Hook Clip Test Leads: https://amzn.to/3YdrCED
USB Digital Tester: https://amzn.to/3YdB0b7

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Additional Information:
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ESPHome Official Web Site: https://esphome.io/
ESPHome Device Repository: https://devices.esphome.io/
Tasmota Official Web Site: https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
Tasmota Device Repository: https://templates.blakadder.com/

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