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Sonoff Basic R4 ESP32-C3

This is basically, no pun intended, the OG Sonoff Basic Relay from years ago but with the ESP32-C3 chip inside. And yup! That adds Bluetooth to do all the ESPHome Bluetooth Proxy things! FCC ID of 2APN5-BASICR4 https://fccid.io/2APN5BASICR4

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Video Setup

Tasmota Template

{"NAME":"Sonoff Basic R4 ESP32C3","GPIO":[0,0,0,0,224,0,544,0,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"FLAG":0,"BASE":1}

GPIO Layout

GPIOComponentDescription
GPIO04Relay
GPIO06LED
GPIO09Button

ESPHome YAML

esphome:
name: basic-r4
friendly_name: basic-r4
platformio_options:
board_build.mcu: esp32c3
board_build.variant: esp32c3

esp32:
variant: ESP32C3
board: esp32dev
framework:
type: esp-idf
sdkconfig_options:
CONFIG_BT_BLE_50_FEATURES_SUPPORTED: y
CONFIG_BT_BLE_42_FEATURES_SUPPORTED: y
CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_TIMEOUT_S: "10"
# Would not boot with the stock ESP32-C3 ESPHome 2023.9 default YAML config until I added/change the settings above for ESP32C3

logger:
captive_portal:
api:
ota:

wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_password
# domain: !secret wifi_mydomain
ap:

esp32_ble_tracker:
scan_parameters:
active: true

bluetooth_proxy:
active: true

binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: GPIO9
mode:
input: true
pullup: true
inverted: true
id: button_1
on_press:
then:
- light.toggle: light_1

output:
- platform: gpio
pin: GPIO4
id: relay_1

light:
- platform: binary
name: Light
id: light_1
output: relay_1

status_led:
pin:
number: GPIO6
inverted: yes

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