Arduino / ESP32

Microcontroller builds — ESP32, ESPHome, and the firmware that glues hardware to the network.

A living reference for adapting the ESP32 local inverter control build to other brands: what transfers as-is, what changes per brand, where to find register maps, and the quirks that bite.

9 min read

My heat pump was invisible to the inverter and my EV charger was confusing it. Moving one CT clamp fixed the first problem with zero software; a small Home Assistant automation driving the part 1 ESP32 fixed the second.

12 min read

Wire a cheap ESP32 and RS485 transceiver to a Growatt SPH5000 inverter, flash ESPHome, and get a local Modbus web UI for monitoring and control — no cloud, no app.

21 min read