How to engage a relay for your home automation using Home Assistant and ESP8266

In this video, I will be engaging a relay for my home automation using Home Assistant and ESP8266 to activate an old electric gate that does not have any automation integrated.

Parts used in this project:
Raspberry Pi 5 8GB: https://amzn.to/4gddzWM
5v relay module: https://amzn.to/40yol4a
Esp8266 Wemos D1 Mini: https://amzn.to/4hrsr56
Breadboard and jumper wires: https://amzn.to/3E2Xcif

Software used:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/
https://esphome.io/


1:03 Raspberry Pi Home Assistant Software Install
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2:30 Powering up Home Assistant
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3:00 First run of the Home Assistant (could take up to 20 mins)
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3:50 ESPHome software installation
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4:43 ESPHome add new device
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8:22 Writing our code onto ESP8266
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10:17 Basic explanation and testing of our code
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12:30 Adding more code
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18:39 Assembling all the hardware
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16:51 Testing relay operation
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