ESPHome weekly round up.
Tiny Sendspin speaker amplifier
First up is probably the smallest Sendspin speaker amplifier build I have seen. The project is from RealDeco and uses a Waveshare ESP32-S3-Zero with a MAX98357A I2S amplifier breakout.
This thumbnail-sized device turns any powered speaker in your house into a Home Assistant smart speaker. With ESPHome and Sendspin, that means local control and multi-room synchronized audio without needing to replace the speaker itself.
I love this kind of build: tiny, cheap parts, a very specific job, and enough polish that it feels like infrastructure rather than a one-off hack sitting on the bench.
ESPControl
Next up is ESPControl, a no-code way to create smart home touch pad controllers.
It provides a web installer and a configuration flow for ESP32 touchscreens, letting you set up buttons that control Home Assistant devices without writing firmware by hand.
esphome-zerocode
Last for the round up is esphome-zerocode, a low-code ESPHome configurator. There is also a web demo if you want to poke around without cloning it first.
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