Peripheral Station Firmware

Your Asset compute station
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Introduction

Currently PlatformIO is the default development environment for Peripheral Stations.

If you do not know which Platform IO firmware to use, then ESPHome is recommended as a general purpose firmware with good integration to the Device Node in your Private Cyberspace.

Other supported firmwares are listed here:

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ESPHome

ESPHome was designed with Home Assistant (Device Node) in mind, so it has better integration than other firmwares with it.

1. Source Code

2. Exploits

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ESPHome Alternatives

Tasmota, ESPeasy, ESP-Link and ESPurna are great firmwares and are SUPPORTED, so there is generally NO NEED to migrate to ESPHome.

Depending on your application, they all have some advantages and disadvantages over ESPHome and each other.

However, for those who wants to move to ESPHome when their application allows, we have also included some information on migration from them to ESPHome.

1. Tasmota

Great for web cam.

2. ESPeasy

Great for web based control.

3. ESPurna

Great for remote on-off switch control.

4. ESPLink

Great for serial terminal access.

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ESPHome ESP-Now

ESP-Now is a protocol defined by Espressif.