crazy ESP32! + 512 GPIOs work in home assistant by ESPHome

we have design this ESP32 512 GPIOs board (KC868-A256) for home assistant. It use by ESP32-WROOM-32E, 256CH digial input ports + 256CH MOSFET output ports + 4CH analog input ports + RS485 + Ethernet.
support by ESPHome using home assistant.
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[@Xsiondu]

Awesome I can automate all my neighbors homes as well! This is a truly fantastic board and it solves problems that haven't even been realized yet.

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@ferencszabo3504]

Ok this is the most craziest Io T board ever! I wouldn't dare to design a monster IO board ! Kudos to you Sir !

[@mrmatistp]

i agree, batshit crazy! well done!!!

[@PeterIllmayer]

ok, you guys are a bit crazy, you make fantastic boards. I really hope your business is successfull as there is nothing else on the market thast compares. You folks have done a FANTASTIC job

[@KinCony]

I always do what other people don't do, unconventional

[@andrewkopchegashev9937]

Это продаётся? Как купить?

[@KinCony]

@@andrewkopchegashev9937 There is a purchase link in the video description

[@Karlitto]

Цена 1000$ ?

[@andrewkopchegashev9937]

@@Karlitto я тоже в шоке немножко

[@dcocz3908]

Just what I need for Christmas lights, each one controllable

[@KinCony]

good idea for christmas

[@DavidBeukes]

Astonishing. What a board! Very interesting approach; a single wifi device for so many IO! Wow!

[@KinCony]

haha:)

[@jamesrobinson5801]

So happy to see hardwire applications still exist. Im personally not a fan of WiFi, Bluetooth or any wireless controls over devices. I want everything hardwired.

[@KinCony]

yes, i also prefer wired soltuion, wireless is not always stable.

[@PersonXes]

Amazing stuff indeed. Guess this could be great for alarm systems. Price is also quite high, I assume due to how specialised it is

[@KinCony]

yes, just only cost high.Research products with significant investment

[@PersonXes]

@@KinCony that makes sense. I hope you'll earn back your investment and more.

[@mkosmo]

@@KinCony $1000 to learn how to wire up some PISO SRs and consume tutorial code?

[@sharkyfive794]

I don't really think the price is that high considering this is a device not available for most consumers

[@TheRealStructurer]

Cool concept. I would guess its not made for typical homes as the wiring would be crazy. At home I prefer wireless but in an industrial environment or for an art piece or light show this could be great. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@KinCony]

yes, exactly.

[@Johnsormani]

20 years ago I designed an iO board with an atmel avr processor that could control 32 relays and could be daisy chained so I could use unlimited io because it was protocol based. I still have some of these boards and could add an esp to them to make them wireless

[@KinCony]

good, yes, before 20 years ago, we use Ateml AT89C51 or AT89C2051 make relay board.

[@xFuaZe]

Why not separate the computing module from the I/O to make it scalable. Like with I/O interface cards on PLC.

[@KinCony]

this is under designing :)

[@Xsiondu]

This is only a thousand bucks. That's an incredible price for the systems that would need this many inputs and outputs.

[@KinCony]

yes, cost is very high.

[@celwatelectricalengineerin1631]

U are really mindful of the realities on the Engineering field. Ur products are problem solving. Will visit u when i come to China. Good job 👏 👍

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@JeewakaFernandoJefferdomd]

Nice work. You must take a cab to go to the last pin from the first pin. 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@KinCony]

Yes, independent power supply for each channel would be more flexible.

[@Zach2825]

We do live at a good time, that is so cool! Simple shift registers and and esp chip

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@Electronzap]

That's a really cool board.

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@6ghost6rider6]

Excellent !!!! Keep up the good work !

[@KinCony]

ok, thanks

[@Tyler_Becker]

Hell yeah.

[@007hansen]

Nice work! You could also add ads1115 uChip or use analog in circuit for ampere (voltage-drop across precision resistor). Keep up the good work!

[@KinCony]

thanks for suggestion.

[@photocanonn]

amazing part of HA system! thanks to youtube for recommend this video! BRO you are hero!

[@KinCony]

you are welcome.

[@photocanonn]

​@@KinCony i try to do same thing on hef4067 ics and hc595 on esphome base. schematic is open source or not?

[@GiuseppeLabriola]

It's big!! Sempre il numero uno!

[@MrConsoleSpot]

Cool board if you want to build a christmas light show assuming you can control it with wled, but $1000 is absolutely nuts.

[@KinCony]

yes, 512 gpio in one board, make board cost is very high.

[@SpottedEagleOwls]

I love this board. I was looking for a board that can supply me with 512 interlocks for my garage door to open

[@KinCony]

this is 256 OUTPUT + 256 INPUT

[@disabledglobalchallenge290]

Great board, you have designed there.

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@PilotPlater]

be great for a choreographed christmas lights show!

[@KinCony]

good idea

[@jyvben1520]

esphome, more like for mansion or shopping mall

[@billtudor1953]

Is there a market for this? Why isn't this one board with daughter boards that communicate via I2C? One burnt input and the entire board becomes e-waste. Also it seems like the jumper wires being installed could be jumpers on the PCB you could enable/disable.

[@KinCony]

large channel I2C chip is difficult to buy now.

[@davidflorey]

Very nice!

[@curtisoneill9929]

Im all for crazy things like this, i just cant think of any reason to own one. That does not mean i dont want one, and wont get one tho. 😂 even if i only make use of 10 pins or so.

[@pete3897]

I'm curious to know why you decided to drive the darlington arrays with separate shift registers instead of using an IC that incorporates both functions in the single package?

[@KinCony]

it's use by 74HC595 and 74HC165

[@thekikaz]

Hey how many outputs do you need? YES!

[@KinCony]

256 OUTPUT + 256 Digital input.

[@rick_er2481]

Really great board, does the board have FCC or CE certification?

[@KinCony]

it will have CE.

[@EthanTJohnson]

Your very creative and engineering mind.

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@dijitalhobim]

Helal sana takashi

[@DCh-c6c]

Good job brother! Btw nice to see that board at real project. What will be max lenght of the control wire for digital input?

[@KinCony]

digital input 10 meter is ok.

[@boopeshkumarprabhakaran]

insane 🔥🔥🔥

[@AmstradExin]

These boards look like these Graphics cards I saw long time ago

[@KinCony]

like "voodoo" graphic card:)

[@okeyanjudamola8476]

correct me please, can this or any other be use to connect heavy load equipment such as deep freezers, electric kettle, air conditioners, pressing iron, microwave etc.

[@KinCony]

sure, just output terminal contact with extend relay or extend contactor for heavy load.

[@mohamedyaddi2784]

Amazing brother

[@AhceneHernoune]

amazing i hope seccufulle work

[@KinCony]

thanks

[@user-wh4fv4eo4c]

512 gpio in home?!?!? Wow

[@KinCony]

256DI + 256DO = 512 total

[@nandino]

Amazing !

[@lionlion-g9d]

Engineer.. Can show how to control from wall switch .. With distribution board drawing

[@lionlion-g9d]

How can we terminal to wall switch. And relay In very details

[@KinCony]

digital input port connect to push buttons@@lionlion-g9d

[@pallermo]

Hey friend, this is great! Can you please answer me - how can I extend kc868-aio with this board? Is it possible?

[@KinCony]

use home assistant?

[@sharkyfive794]

these inputs are really great, but i have concerns about using a to long wire to connect it, would be mainly using it as a switch sensor to see if a switch in a room anywhere in the house has been turned on. would this device work? for this kind of work

[@KinCony]

every digital input channel support 300 meter wire, enough for house to use.

[@ramzi5406]

Perfectooooo

[@user-ul6iu3nu7i]

Круто!

[@RagaiMeena]

great work. Can you please tell me if you have a solution for my project: central ESP32 controller connected to multiple ( may be 50) sensors around the house. some ar I2C some are UART and some ar generic GPIO sensors. the idea is to keep the controller central and the sensors connected to a central controller that relay the datat to HASS. please help and thank you

[@KinCony]

i think you can chose KC868-A64

[@benmansourdjamal6193]

wow you are amazing

[@ersheikismail8293]

Wow Literally

[@ultrahighspeedtechnologylt7643]

Great product, do you do small input / output modules that I could have on the Lan in other parts of the building that i can change the input high and then an output on the 256 pcb would follow the input from the small board, then i would want a momentary input on the 256 way board at the control to switch an output for short time on all the remote i/o pcbs..

[@KinCony]

sure, we have many kinds of module, such as 128,64,32,16,8,4,2 channel version.

[@ultrahighspeedtechnologylt7643]

@@KinCony do you need a PC online all the time or can we program all the modules and just let them stand alone doing what they do.

[@KinCony]

@@ultrahighspeedtechnologylt7643 after you download firmware, it can work stand alone, without pc.

[@ukaszpodhajski5250]

Hey, board is really great 👍 but this price, over a 1K$? uuuu too much 😬

[@KinCony]

yes, cost is very high.

[@jamesrobinson5801]

Any thoughts on moving to the newer block logic programming?

[@KinCony]

how about make Node-Red block?

[@carlosdutra4371]

Can i use 1 input to send an tcp string?

[@KinCony]

sure, support string format protocol

[@The_Unobtainium]

You are crazy😂❤

[@KinCony]

yes, i am crazy, always do some uncommon things:)

[@iautomations]

can i use home assistanse off line like local server

[@KinCony]

sure, home assistant work in locally

[@matejfoltyn]

I get that the development costs must be sky high - but my man - $1000 for a board (even this complex) is way too much imo.

[@KinCony]

the terminal is very expensive , then add development fee and SMT produce it by only 1 or 2 PCB. we not use solding by people, all use by SMT machine.

[@bigneilh]

My man thats awesome - just not $1000 awesome!

[@adriancentra]

Impressive! Too bad it’s so slow (can be seen when you turn on all outputs). But if used for home automation that is not a big concern I guess.

[@KinCony]

the speed according to home assistant.

[@The_Unobtainium]

Next version will be 16-bit address version for 65536 I/O's😂

[@KinCony]

haha, maybe in furture, now the problem is the socket interface really cost space

[@yaghiyahbrenner8902]

the price 😆

[@pablix]

Nice video but ur english is very .. not so understandable at sometimes

[@KinCony]

sorry for bad english:)

[@Xsiondu]

The English is fine for my ears.

[@WITY90]

nice board but that price (1000$ USD) is to much/exaggerated...

[@KinCony]

cost is very high

[@WITY90]

@@KinCony yes, pls make it more cheaper. BOM in that boards doesn't cost that mutch. You are selling it as premium board for home automation...

[@ruirui4581]

请问能有原理图参考吗

[@Xsiondu]

Sounds like they want to reference your IP into thier product lol.

[@xConundrumx]

Holy effin ... 1000 bucks did I read that right ... For that price it better come with an actual nice looking blonde female 'home assistant'.

[@KinCony]

😃