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Smart Home Halloween

I built custom automated Halloween decorations to create creepy low-lying fog and pop-up skeletons running ESP32s and HomeAssistant.

marc-devidtsMarc DeVidts
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Halloween smart home ESP32 wifi homeassistant fog machine pneumatics

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This project was created on 10/31/2023 and last updated 2 years ago.

Description

I built custom automated Halloween decorations to create creepy low-lying fog and pop-up skeletons running ESP32s and HomeAssistant.

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Files

fogmachine2.yaml

ESPHome configuration file for wi-fi fog machine

yaml - 1.02 kB - 10/31/2023 at 09:10

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halloweencontroller1.yaml

ESPHome configuration file for main Halloween controller board.

yaml - 5.98 kB - 10/31/2023 at 09:10

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Motion Sensor Enclosure Assembly - Top Cover-1.STL

Motion sensor enclosure top cover.

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 1.05 MB - 10/31/2023 at 09:07

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Motion Sensor Enclosure Assembly - Bottom Cover-1.STL

Motion sensor enclosure bottom cover.

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 768.15 kB - 10/31/2023 at 09:07

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Motion Sensor Enclosure Assembly - Lens 0.75-1.STL

Motion sensor enclosure snap-on lens.

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 89.54 kB - 10/31/2023 at 09:07

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Components

  • 3 × TinyS3 from Unexpected Maker Used in multiple places throughout the project, this microcontroller is very small and easy to get up and running on HomeAssistant and ESPHome.
  • 2 × Fog Machine https://amzn.to/3FCsudg
  • 5 × PIR Motion Sensor Board https://amzn.to/3SkgWTA
  • 2 × DC Electric Marine-Grade Bilge Blower https://amzn.to/473BSm6
  • 1 × Waterproof 12VDC power supply https://amzn.to/46PJyIN

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