Use AI on the Edge to Monitor Your Water or Gas Meter with Home Assistant

Welcome to my tutorial on using the OpenSource project "AI on the Edge" to read your analog water (or gas) meter and send the readings via MQTT to Home Assistant! In this video, I'll guide you step-by-step through the process, making it easy for you to monitor your water or gas consumption right from your Home Assistant dashboard.

In this video, you will learn:

1. What is "AI on the Edge" and how it works.
2. Setting up your hardware and software.
3. Connecting the AI on the Edge device to your water meter
4. Configuring MQTT to send meter readings to Home Assistant.
5. Viewing and analyzing your meter readings in Home Assistant.

Useful Links:
Detailed Tutorial on My Blog: Monitor Your Water Consumption with Home Assistant
AI on the Edge GitHub Repository: AI on the Edge Project

Materials Needed:
ESP32 cam device
Analog water or gas meter
UART to USB converter
Jumper wires
3D Printer and filament (or online printing service)
Home Assistant setup
MQTT broker

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 What you need
02:33 Wire USB to UART converter
05:23 Install AI on the edge on ESP32 cam device
08:30 Adjust focal point of camera
08:40 3D print holder
11:42 Prepare Micro SD card for ESP32 cam device
15:09 Set up regions of interest in water meter image
18:59 Configure Home Assistant integration
32:23 Conclusion & Outro

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