Mark GjølMar 10

I would like #homeassistant to alert me if I have forgotten to take out the trash. First thought is a proximity sensor of some sort. Or just anything where I can detect that my trash can has moved the ten or so meters away from my house to the road (there are multiple trash cans on different schedules). A sensor that does nothing except report signal strength might also work.

Any good ideas?

Show threadMarkus
@Gjoel iBeacon on the can plus an ESP32 to measure the distance.
Mar 10 at 10:03pmWeb
Show threadMark GjølMar 11
@morph That sounds very interesting. Do you know a place to start? I have yet to start fiddling with esp32 so of course it's strange and dangerous!
Show threadMarkusMar 11
@Gjoel Unfortunately not. But there seem to be some ESP32 based projects around.
Show threadMark GjølMar 11
@morph Ok, jumping down the rabbit hole. Thanks for the suggestion!
Show threadCorey EdwardsMar 13
@Gjoel @morph This is what I did and it worked ok with a few quirks. I have multiple ESP32 BT sensors so the distance fluctuated, depending on which ESP32 was measuring. And the beacon was not as weatherproof as I hoped, so it rusted out and is now ruined. But it worked well until then.