Complete Engine Monitoring for Boats
Complete System Build a complete engine-monitoring dashboard with 8 gauges: 4× Temperature (DS18B20) + 1× Tachometer (RPM) + 1× Oil Pressure + 1× Fuel Tank Level + 1× Engine Hours. All sensors feed a single ESP32 running ESPHome, visualised in Home Assistant. 4× Temp gauges 1× Tachometer 1× Oil pressure 1× Tank level 1× Engine […]
Digital Engine Tachometer with ESP32 and Optocoupler
🔗 Full Guide · Transcript Build a simple, accurate digital tachometer for your engine using an ESP32 “remote hub,” a ~$2 optocoupler, and ESPHome/Home Assistant. This guide covers wiring (alternator tacho → optocoupler → ESP32), ESPHome setup with a pulse counter, RPM calibration from real data points, optional engine-hours and engine-active entities, and a dashboard […]