We’re excited to announce the first release of our ESPHome-based OpenGarage firmware! It brings native, local Home Assistant integration to OpenGarage—making it easier to control your garage door and monitor your vehicle alongside your other smart-home devices. This is an alternative to the stock OpenGarage firmware, not a replacement for it. The stock firmware remains […]
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Posted in ESP8266, MakeBusiness, OpenSprinkler on Oct 15th, 2025
Back in July, we debuted the AC-powered OpenSprinkler v3.4, featuring a new, redesigned enclosure and several hardware improvements (read here). Building on that, today I’m thrilled to unveil the upcoming DC-powered OpenSprinkler v3.4 — the very first OpenSprinkler powered by USB-C! Check out some sneak-peek photos below: This model shares the same sleek, low-profile enclosure […]
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Posted in ESP8266 on Jun 20th, 2016
After I released the ESP8266-based OpenGarage, there has been a weird bug that kept bugging me: a small fraction of the controllers (let’s say 1 out of 10) would crash on restart, and that leads to an infinite reboot cycle. Once this happens, it seems there is no way to stop it until you reflash […]
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Posted in ESP8266, IoT, MakeBusiness, Product News on Mar 13th, 2016
News and Updates We’ve recently found a technical issue with Blynk’s QR code scan feature that makes the Blynk app not work properly on some iOS devices. The symptom is that the app can receive push notifications but the distance value, read count, and LCD widget are not updating. Please check this forum post for […]
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Just a quick update: we are at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2015, station 2, booth 2542 (next to the game of drones). This year Samer is also joining me at the booth, so it’s gonna be great 🙂 We are demonstrating OpenSprinkler, OSPi, OSBo, OSBee Arduino shield, as well as SquareWear, RFToy, ESPToy, AASaver. […]
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