Hacking Your Way to a Smarter Home: Integrating Smart Sockets with Home Assistant

In this video, you'll learn how to take control of your smart sockets by replacing the firmware with Tasmota, a popular open-source alternative to the stock firmware that many smart home devices come with.
By the end of this video, you'll be able to use your smart sockets with Home Assistant, a powerful automation platform that can help you create a truly smart home. Whether you're just starting out with home automation or you're a seasoned DIY enthusiast, you're sure to learn something new in this video.
In this video, we'll be using power tools, Tasmota, and Home Assistant to replace the firmware of a smart socket. Throughout the video, I'll give you an overview of the process, showing you how to open up the smart socket and remove the stock firmware, how to flash Tasmota onto the smart socket using a USB-to-serial adapter and how to set up Home Assistant to work with your newly-flashed smart socket.

[@Heidegaff]

I don't even use this smart plugs but I'm subscribing because of your humor.

[@trizedlyza]

Love your "how I did it" disclaimer. The "desoldering" was so terrible, like field work with no stores nearby to get a desoldering bulb or wire wicks. Reminded me of my youth trying to borrow parts off old boards to make a new circuit.

[@andreweastland9634]

Great video, thanks.

[@arronshutt]

Very interesting. These plugs have some very powerful microcontrollers in, and you could in theory get them to do some interesting stuff with the local network if you know what you were doing. I wonder if anyone has dumped the original firmware to see whether it can do any "network exploration" and phone home with the results?

[@____________________________.x]

I'm leaning towards hoping someone has designed a smart plug from available components that I can just shove in a box. Looks interesting though

[@trizedlyza]

Sonoff has some ready to shove in a box models, insert wall power and screw it down and it'll switch a relay. Can run wall power through the relay or let it switch 5vdc or whatever you want like a relay. Most items from Sonoff are easily to upgrade to an open source firmware.