The AI set up my van power monitor in five minutes

He took an ESP32 board out of its bag and, with AI setting it up, had it sending his van's battery, charging, and solar data over Bluetooth and MQTT to Home Assistant in 5 minutes.

How it works

Takes a new ESP32 board out of the bag
The AI configures it
The board posts battery, charging, and solar data from his van over Bluetooth and MQTT to Home Assistant

Why it’s worth knowing

Five minutes from a board still in its bag to live battery and solar data from his van showing up at home.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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