ESP32

I have a doorbell camera in the UniFi Protect ecosystem. I wanted a way to show the doorbell stream on a low cost wall mounted display that integrates will with the existing home automations. I have a pair of these ESP32-S3 based screens, they are very common on aliexpress under the name “ESP32-S3 Development Board LVGL 4.0 inch 480*480 Smart Display”. I paid $40AUD or less for them. They consist of a front touch display connected to an ESP32-S3, with then an extra (optional) board that clips on the back that has a power supply and relay output. For my use case I generally dont use the relay so I can’t talk to how it performs. ...

The KMart Mushroom lamp looks great,and is reasonably priced. However it suffers from the greatest sin of all dimmable lamps; pressing the button goes UP in brightness. This means that whenever you want to turn the unit off, you need to be blinded. This alone is a reason to replace the controller, however giving it smart controls so I can tie it into Home Assistant is an extra win. ...