SunFounder TS-10, Manual

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SunFounder TS-10 10.1-inch Touch Screen
1. If you need to configure boot-up, please refer to: Start the Home Assistant Service at Boot
2. If you need to configure a full screen boot, please refer to: Enter the Home Assisant Page at Boot
5.4.2 Install and configure ESPHome
Note: If you want to add ESPHome in Home Assistant, then you need to go through this section to install and
configure it.
If you don’t use it, you can skip this section and go directly to the next one: Log In .
ESPHome is the perfect solution for creating custom firmware for your ESP8266/ESP32 boards.
Here’s a very quick introduction to how ESPHome works: ESPHome is a tool which aims to make managing your
ESP boards as simple as possible. It reads in a YAML configuration file (just like Home Assistant) and creates
custom firmware which it installs on your ESP device. Devices or sensors added in ESPHome’s configuration will
automatically show up in Home Assistant’s UI.
Installation
1. Installation dependencies.
sudo pip3 install cryptography == 2.8
2. Install ESPHome, you need to install Python and install the console script through pip3.
Note:
Python 3.7 or above is required to install ESPHome 1.18.0 or above.
sudo pip3 install esphome
Alternatively, there’s also a Docker image available for easy installation (the Docker hub image is available for
AMD64, ARM and ARM64(AARCH64) right now; if you have another architecture, please install ESPHome through
pip or use the Home Assistant add-on:
docker pull esphome / esphome
3. Open the ESPHome Dashboard.
Note: You need to keep this command running while you are operating in the ESPHome dashboard.
esphome dashboard config /
Configure ESPHome
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