This is a 10A smart breaker that I got off AliExpress. It has an ESP8285 chip inside for which the GUI flashing tool didnt work, nor did cloudcutter. Software I believe was 1.1.8 but I have no way to check anymore and I forgot to write it down!
To flash the chip, I desoldered it from the pcb and connected rx, tx, 3.3v, gnd and gpio pins to a usb-uart ttl converter. I tried flashing without desoldering but think the capacitors messed up the timings..
I flashed the chip with EspHome using the EspHome wizard (see https://esphome.io/guides/getting_started_command_line.html) and extensive esphome docs to guide me. Finally, I flashed the following config.yaml after some trial and error to get the relay, button and wifi-led set up:
To flash the chip, I desoldered it from the pcb and connected rx, tx, 3.3v, gnd and gpio pins to a usb-uart ttl converter. I tried flashing without desoldering but think the capacitors messed up the timings..
I flashed the chip with EspHome using the EspHome wizard (see https://esphome.io/guides/getting_started_command_line.html) and extensive esphome docs to guide me. Finally, I flashed the following config.yaml after some trial and error to get the relay, button and wifi-led set up:
esphome:
name: smartbreaker1
esp8266:
board: esp8285
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
password: ""
ota:
password: ""
wifi:
ssid: "
password: ""
# Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
ap:
ssid: "Smartbreaker1 Fallback Hotspot"
password: "BS8reTB8GQtJ"
captive_portal:
# Relay switch
switch:
- platform: gpio
name: "Smart Breaker Relay"
pin: GPIO12
id: relay
# Wifi-LED pin
status_led:
pin:
number: GPIO4
#inverted: true
# Button pin
binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
name: "Smart Breaker Button"
pin:
number: GPIO13
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
on_press:
then:
- switch.toggle: relay
