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solid ember Aug 21, 2025, 9:26 AM

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I recently bought a ESP32-S3 based device from Waveshare (https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-4B) which has a mic, speaker and screen. The idea is to use it as a Assist satellite next to my bed with a couple of buttons on the screen to turn off my alarm, open the curtains... However it seems it isn't designed well and doesn't properly work with ESPHome. Does anybody have a similar device that does these things?

ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-4B

tame fossil Aug 21, 2025, 12:01 PM

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solid ember I recently bought a ESP32-S3 based device from Waveshare (https://www.waveshare....

what makes it not work with ESPHome?

solid ember Aug 21, 2025, 12:24 PM

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I was having a hard time trying to make it work and then found this post: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/waveshare-4-inch-display/815061 ; However it seems that is for the older 4 model while I have the 4B model (found that out after posting this). I'm not 100% sure if this has the same issue or not, I'm trying to find it out but might take a while as I'm not this deep into electronics

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Waveshare 4 Inch Display

Hello everyone, i have recently bought the WaveShare ESP32 S3 4 Inch Touch Display and i just cant get it to work… i have tried different codes and all. Here I found infos about the pins (gotta click expand to see the table etc) : This is my latest code I tried from someone else : esphome: name: waveshare-display-1 friendly_name: Wave...

tame fossil Aug 21, 2025, 12:27 PM

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screens on ESPHome can be a bit tricky. you could try askingon th ESPHome discord to get some help writing a config file to do what you want

solid ember Aug 21, 2025, 12:29 PM

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yeah there is a conversation about that 4 model, I asked if they know if the 4B has similar problems or not, but no answer for now

tame fossil Aug 21, 2025, 12:29 PM

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there is probably a way to get it working but it might require a bit of work

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I got a ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-1.85C-BOX a while back and took me a while to get it semi working but i haven't touched it in ages

solid ember Aug 21, 2025, 12:30 PM

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If it has the same problems as the 4, it needs hardware adjustments according to the experts in that discord, which I'm not comfortable doing

tame fossil Aug 21, 2025, 12:32 PM

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out of interest, what is the actual hardware problem?

solid ember Aug 21, 2025, 1:58 PM

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No clue, I stopped reading once they started talking about soldering etc as that is a bit too advanced for me haha. If you want you can check out the discussion here: https://discord.com/channels/429907082951524364/1315009772839505940

tame fossil Aug 21, 2025, 2:04 PM

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ah right, i only skimmed it but looks like an issue with onboard io expander which they bypass

solid ember Aug 21, 2025, 5:05 PM

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Damn I see some sort of "I/O extensions" on the scheme of the 4B as well, fingers crossed it's not the same

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