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DIY Home Assistant Control Screen

A new project offers a customizable touchscreen interface for managing smart home devices via Home Assistant, providing a dedicated control panel beyond smartphones or computers.

The system is designed to run on ESP32 hardware, specifically compatible with the Cheap Yellow Display (ILI9341 display with XPT2046 touchscreen) or the Guition ESP32-S3-4848S040 (ST7701S RGB display with GT911 capacitive touchscreen).

Users can load firmware onto these devices to create a configurable and personalized touchscreen interface for their Home Assistant setup.

The graphical user interface is described as clean, attractive, and flexible, allowing for various widgets like weather, time, and date.

It supports buttons for controlling lights and appliances, and can even command compatible robot vacuums.

The project enables users to create quick controls for almost any Home Assistant function, providing an always-on wall-mounted interface.

The creator suggests this project brings a futuristic control panel concept, previously imagined in the 1980s, to reality with a relatively inexpensive ESP32 touchscreen setup.

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