esphome / esphome/feature-requests
Enhance support for use of RF in ESPHome, including adding the sensor platform RFM69
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Description
**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
Please add support for RFM69 based devices and enhance the functionality of the "remote_transmitter" and "remote_receiver" components.
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
Existing support for RF devices in ESPHome is very limited with for example no support for devices that use SPI. Also, the functionality available through the standard ESPHome components "remote_transmitter" and "remote_receiver" doesn't include much if any encoding options, error checking, ability to mesh etc. The ideal would be integration of something like the [RadioHead](https://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/RadioHead/) library.
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Research direction
The request names RFM69 devices, SPI, the remote_transmitter and remote_receiver components, and the RadioHead library, but no repository files or tests. Start by locating the existing remote components and reviewing how they handle RF protocols; done would require a defined, tested scope for RFM69 support and the requested encoding, error-checking, and mesh capabilities.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- arduino
- Domain
- embedded-iot, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100