I Made A More Affordable Smart Home Presence Sensor

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The Everything Presence Lite is my new, more affordable, Smart Home Presence sensor for Home Assistant! It features a mmwave sensor for presence, support for tracking, zones, distance, angle, light level illuminance, ESPHome and more! It even features support for multiple different mmwave sensors for use with Home Assistant, depending on the needs of your smart home. This is our most affordable mmwave presence sensor yet!
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Why Everything Presence Lite
2:35 - Multiple mmwave
4:21 - Other features
5:08 - Unboxing
5:58 - Home Assistant entities
7:12 - Difference to Everything Presence One
9:14 - Thank you and...

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@JeffGeerling 4 ай бұрын

I was shipped one a few weeks back, and am testing it now. These presence sensors are like magic, love the control it gives me over a basic motion sensor! The setup process for the Lite was extremely straightforward. Only real improvement I could think of is if you had an injection molded case, could make the fit and finish just a tiny bit nicer!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Love to hear it Jeff! Injection molding is something we are quite far along in the process of investigating actually 👀

@jhoff80 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, one of the 3D printed cases on the 3 I bought was not great. Getting the plastic nut to tighten on that one was rough. But once set up you can't tell the difference, so I guess it's fine enough. Awesome sensors though.

@markjacksonpulver3546 4 ай бұрын

Sold out, but maybe a version Lite Lite without a case. I bet most HA users have a printer. A little cheaper, especially shipping costs.

@JaguarInfinity 4 ай бұрын

I picked up some EP lites in the first batch. Love the zone support options and I'm experimenting using them in an unusual way, by rotating 90 degrees to act as a Z coordinate rather than X which means i can ignore low level readings and avoid my cats triggering automations/lights

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Oh that's interesting, do let me know how it goes!

@iainhay2823 4 ай бұрын

Now this is a great idea, really need a solution that doesn’t pick up my cats!

@hawks5196 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely love your products, so so so perfect for the home assistant community. Keep up the great work ❤

@AndrewBeechwood 4 ай бұрын

Big thanks Lewis & ESH order handling team! Just received my EP Lite 2 days after ordering! I see I was one of the lucky ones this time. Another great experience through setup steps, and the unit is running happily in HA fixing a big gap in my previous presence sensing already. ❤

@slapcitykustomz1658 4 ай бұрын

I've been waiting on this forever, you got a lifetime customer looking forward to all the products you will create for us home assistant users

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

That means a lot, thanks

@ryanmahoney5657 4 ай бұрын

Sold out in 4 hours! Hope there will be more!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Did not anticipate them selling out that fast, my goodness!

@sygad1 4 ай бұрын

It's great to see your channel grow and the products your making expanding and evolving, wishing you continued success

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Appreciate that, thanks! 🙏🏻

@TorlandoYT 4 ай бұрын

Your story with the EP1 is one of my favorites to tell. I bought 5 of them for my house and 3 of them for my mom's. I just love everything about it and where it came from. Thanks for making so much awesome stuff!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

That's so kind, I really appreciate that and all the support🙏🏻

@Littlecheez17 4 ай бұрын

i’ve had the EPL for almost 3 months now and it’s been working great with my smart home, great work from you and your team!!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

That makes me very happy to hear you are enjoying it 🙏🏻

@L0RDANGUS 4 ай бұрын

I was just looking into presence sensors and this seems way better than trying to build my own.

@stuartyboy75 4 ай бұрын

Hi, ordered five last night : ) finally the other half will stop moaning with lights switching off when shes in the room because of using PIR. Looking forward to getting my hands of these. Keep up the good work.

@Solis_Occasum 3 ай бұрын

Just received mine and I'm excited to try it out! I would have preferred the presence one, but since it's sold out, I'm happy I managed to get my hands on the Lite one.

@HamishMilne1 4 ай бұрын

So happy these are back in stock. Finally managed to order a couple. Cheers for making them!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for supporting!

@tulpenboom6738 3 ай бұрын

@@EverythingSmartHome Aaaaannnnnd, they're sold out again!

@ianb1121 4 ай бұрын

I was lucky to buy one when first announced, looking forward to new products you may release in the future too!

@Mitakskia 4 ай бұрын

Founding out this video 6 days later, being super impressed with the device and price. Now i want to buy 2-3 but out of stock. Then reading comments about being sold out in 4 hours makes me a bit sad, but this means the product is super good and requested a lot. Good job

@freman 3 ай бұрын

same problem, youtube only just spat this video out, despite being subscribed...

@PoisonWaffle3 4 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff, Lewis! Thanks for all that you do for the community! I'm holding out for the Pro version because I *really* want that PoE (and the long range). I mentioned it on the announcement post at the time, but a ceiling mount case for it woukd be awesome if you can make it an option 😎

@zerofox3d 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant work Lewis, inspired my own project 😉 The Pro looks epic, when I eventually roll out more POE in my home I’ll be investing in a couple (unless I’ve figured out how to build PCBs by then 😜)

@rapha5586 4 ай бұрын

I love your sensors. Have 4 of them EPL and they work exceptionally well.

@groovestudios3852 4 ай бұрын

I’ve signed up for notification when they’re back in stock. These look fantastic! Hopefully I can snag a couple of the next batch. Keep up the great work, and get your people working overtime building more! 😂

@bill_automated1226 4 ай бұрын

This looks great! Will be ordering a few. Well done!

@samuellewis2560 4 ай бұрын

Can’t wait until these are in stock! Great work on getting a product to market that people actually want!

@WndSks 4 ай бұрын

Where is this light he keeps going on about...ah, Lite. Excited for the Pro!

@GeekGarageDK 4 ай бұрын

Looked at this yesterday and was waiting on the "is available". So the second i noticed this video was up i went straight to your shop and now have 7 sensors on the way! Can't wait!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, hope you love them!

@GeekGarageDK 4 ай бұрын

@@EverythingSmartHomeI'm pretty sure I'm going to, if they work as planned for every room. I also have an idea to use one as a doorbell, as where I'm living there is none, the door is effing 90% frosted glass except the frame, and there is no outside power available. So I'm going to print an angled adapter and mount it at the very top of the door on the inside and then limit the range to detect about a meter in front of the door, This way i will know if someone is there and it can also tell me if it's 1, 2 or 3(+) people. So i know if i should open or not. So i really hope it can detect through double pane thermal glass xD

@SlackerLabs 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Awesome products Lewis!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Jeff, means a lot!

@venjsystems 4 ай бұрын

congrats on the success of the EP1, EPL looks great

@DmitriyKhazansky 4 ай бұрын

It’d be nice to have a deep dive of your journey of your become a product manufacturer journey. Everything from making the first one (probably by yourself) to now having a team working on newer products and what that takes from software, hardware, vendors, etc

@ChristianBaptiste 4 ай бұрын

Really, already sold out? This video was just published. I've been waiting for this sensor for months. Btw I love the everything presence one sensor. It is by far the most powerful and reliable sensor that I've purchased. Super bummed that the lite is already sold out. Also big fan of your channel, thank you!

@chigsy 4 ай бұрын

Great work on the sensor. I was just about to return the FP2 I bought so I could support you instead, but you're sold out! Hope they come back in stock soon.

@DanielColson 4 ай бұрын

Looks great! I'll try and get one in the next re-stock.

@SimonLYW 4 ай бұрын

Just grabbed 3 to pair with my existing EP1s, excited to kit out the rest of my rooms! ` Thanks!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for supporting, enjoy!

@junkins 4 ай бұрын

Very nice video, thanks Lewis!

@daaf84 4 ай бұрын

Great! Just ordered two of them! 😄 keep up the good work!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@daaf84 3 ай бұрын

@@EverythingSmartHome unfortunately, no scribble in te box 😛 but they have arrived and are set up. Thanks for the great product. Only one question: those sensors should ‘see’ you, even if you are sitting still? Mine stops detecting me. Is there a sensitivity setting of some kind?

@lupusthelupus 4 ай бұрын

Love the EP1. It's the sensor we've been waiting for.

@DeclanMullen 4 ай бұрын

Love these products Lewis, been rock solid since installation

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Makes me very happy to hear you enjoy them, thank you!

@nothingtoseehere93 3 ай бұрын

This is an excellent sensor and why I got multiple at once. I would love a video on how you actually created your custom pcb

@edgar9651 4 ай бұрын

Looks interesting. In the moment I have to get my new home with Home Assistant running. After the basics are setup, I will buy some of your sensors.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@hivemind9643 4 ай бұрын

Ordered. Looking forward to testing it out

@GJHuman 4 ай бұрын

I liked the easter egg surprise at the end

@CraigScholle 4 ай бұрын

Nice work! Ordered a couple to play with

@nicklasnilsson8217 4 ай бұрын

I got two of the EPL and they are really nice! I would love to see a video with inspiration on how people using them in the homes 😊

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you are enjoying them!

@DerickPelser 4 ай бұрын

I purchased 3 before seeing this video. Can't wait to test them out!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻

@27TMAN27 4 ай бұрын

Instantly bought 3 plus the BA green box. Thanks alot!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Legend 🙏🏻

@PaulBottein 4 ай бұрын

I loved the EP1. Just ordered 2 of this new ones🙂

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Appreciate the support Paul, I would have been happy to provide for you for all you do for the community! Drop me a message next time! 😅

@MarcJennings 4 ай бұрын

These are really great sensors. I have an EP1 and a couple of EP Lights and they're so useful

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

I love to hear that, thanks for the feedback!

@TLuyten 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. I will try this one out

@domramsey 4 ай бұрын

Cool stuff. Ordered mine!

@Vyper84 4 ай бұрын

Just bought one, looks awesome!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻

@ahale1987 4 ай бұрын

I just ordered my EP Lite. I can't wait to get it start playing with it. I have high hopes that mmWave will be much more reliable than the presence tracking in my Ecobee gen 2 motion/temp sensors. I hope I get the marked box! :)

@TheNighthawke78 4 ай бұрын

I love my Everything presence one. Now if only these would ever come back in stock I could order a bunch of them!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you love the EP1, I love them too! I didn't anticipate a sell out as fast as this, my goodness that was wild!

@TheSlimHim 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining the difference between the EP1 and EPL! Would love to also see a video explaining what happens when you "adopt" it. This is my first non-diy esphome device and don't understand the difference between adopting and not adopting. For example, I didn't see any notification that the firmware had an update and I adopted mine. Was this because I adopted it?

@manosioa 4 ай бұрын

Oh come on! It’s been weeks since I’m trying to buy this and it’s again sold out! Well done and well deserved of course! But I want one so badly! ❤

@OGKenG 4 ай бұрын

I just ordered one of the EP Lite units today!

@ajsaunders2775 4 ай бұрын

Great to see a new type of sensor for Home Assistant. I have been testing an EP1 sensor to work outside to detect cars and people. With a water proof box and using a Panasonic EKMC1605113 wide angle PIR sensor, and with small software change in ESPHome to combine the PIR and Mwave together for a more stable Occupancy detection. I have had some good results.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Nice one, that's cool to hear! Glad it's surviving well outside!

@BradClarke 4 ай бұрын

I've had a pair of EPLs since the end of October, as well as an EP1. I really need to get my HA system squared away and get that template I bought from Smart Home Junkie configured.

@brianedge6253 4 ай бұрын

Sold out again! Was excited when I saw the video notification. 😢

@martijndegeus3275 4 ай бұрын

Please, please, please we need a pressure plate/mat sensor! Keep up the amazing work.

@wagnerfamily4229 4 ай бұрын

Just bought one and cant wait to try it.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@renekelder8658 4 ай бұрын

I love the Presence one, Only thing I'm still missing is the zones. Do see the beta firmware for it but would like to see the non beta release of that. That would make it even more awesome. The light version is also on my list and will get that aswell for smaller rooms later on.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

The zones on EP1 are exclusions zones rather than XY coordinate zones like on the Lite, like I mentioned in the video, the DFRobot sensor doesn't support zones in that way unfortunately.

@renekelder8658 3 ай бұрын

@@EverythingSmartHome Thank u for that quick response, and exclusions would already be enough for me. When the lite is back in stock I for sure will get one or 2. Thanks so much for this amazing device. Keep up the good work!

@kevinc1930 4 ай бұрын

super cool. cant wait for stock to return again.

@MrDJLane 4 ай бұрын

5 paid for just now to go with my other 2 EP1’s. Been checking weeeeeekly for this update haha 🎉🎉🎉

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Haha sorry it took so long but hopefully worth the wait!

@eagle56786 4 ай бұрын

Oooohhh I hope I can buy one soon!!

@brainz-brainz 4 ай бұрын

Would be great to be able to get a version without the sensor included, for those of us who immediately plan to use a different sensor. For me the heart rate and respiratory sensor seems exceptionally cool to put in my toddlers nursery.

@mikeryan1967 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered one to try Lewis after Mrs R bought me the HA Green for Christmas

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Nice, how are you liking the Green?

@Extragonk 4 ай бұрын

super cool and ordered!

@anthonylloyd8366 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered, been waiting for stock to appear again, much prefer supporting you as opposed to the likes of Aqara, I have am fp2 but at half the price it’s a no brainer and hopefully keeps the great content like the monthly home assistant release videos coming.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support!

@cesarfreire5476 4 ай бұрын

Hi. I am a fan of your work. Congratulations and thank you! There is not Brazil shipping, please?

@makeitworktech 4 ай бұрын

The Lite is awesome!!

@ZachAlbertCharlesHarrowing 4 ай бұрын

Finally, got to buy one. 👍

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for supporting!

@olivercole1399 4 ай бұрын

Very nice! And great pricing! I wonder if we expect Home assistant to introduce a zone input interface for mmwave? Even a hacs card would be cool!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Hope so, that would be super cool!

@wwolfram33 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered, think I'll get the marked box!

@jonathanlewis9324 3 ай бұрын

Would love to see a video of you making a home alarm system using these combined with other sensors and in house displays. Also hoping the pro is POE and has expansion options to allow addition of ESP CO2/PM2.5 sensors.

@keviincosmos 4 ай бұрын

Awesome 🤘 Will there ever be a graphic interface like aqara fp2, where I can draw on squares? That's so dope.

@Fixthisbuildthat 4 ай бұрын

Already sold out :( Any idea of when EP1 or EPL will be available again? Just starting my Home Assistant journey and these look great!

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Hey, it's you! Drop me an email and I'll see what I can do! 🙏🏻 Thanks for the great videos!

@GamingTrivia1113 4 ай бұрын

@@EverythingSmartHome how is this already sold out lol. Seems to be very popular.

@chublez 4 ай бұрын

@GamingTrivia1113 I think maybe you answered your own question. The market is starving for this device so it's going to be hard for someone without deeeeeep pockets to outpace demand for awhile.

@pretenda 4 ай бұрын

Damn, as soon as I saw the video I went to grab one and they’re all gone! 😢

@HanZie82 4 ай бұрын

@@GamingTrivia1113 Because radar presence detecting is really good, and there was nothing like it before. So either you get this, or you solder your own. (I did as it was less then 10 bucks with mediocre radar units).

@elmonte7834 4 ай бұрын

thx, bought 2!

@geesharp6637 4 ай бұрын

That USB cable looks awesome. Where can I find one for my other projects?

@KimmoJaskari 4 ай бұрын

Looks like the perfect unit for me. I have multiple rooms that it could cover and with zones, especially, without needing some app to some Chinese device that sends everything I do to China sounds fantastic, even if Home Assistant is a bit more fiddly to set up zones in.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Local FTW!

@Geoff_W 4 ай бұрын

Oh damn, time to upgrade my smart home!!!

@goodcitizen4587 4 ай бұрын

Shucks, sold out! Thanks for the vid, will watch this space.

@adriancollins5314 4 ай бұрын

I've been playing around with the EPL for some time now and love it. However, I can't wait for the STL files to come available so I can print a black case for the EPL to blend in with the surroundings.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

The case files have been available for some time, have a search on Printables!

@geesharp6637 4 ай бұрын

Great addition. You listed 5 mmwave sensors that you tested. Is there some place where the pros and cons of each is listed?

@jaycarter9375 4 ай бұрын

Must be pretty good since it sold out in a few hours! I'll keep trying to buy a couple... Great videos btw.

@a11aaa11a 3 ай бұрын

Very very cool! If this had sleep tracking, I'd replace all the Aqara FP1s in our bedrooms.

@TheNikesh85 4 ай бұрын

Ordered one an hr ago right after I got the email notification. Didn't want to miss out on it this time like the last time. Fingers crossed that the marked one comes to me😊 But gotta say, shipping price is around 30% the product price. There's some work that needs to be done there Lewis.

@TRDeadbeat 4 ай бұрын

Agreed - $37 + $16 shipping. The shipping stopped me from ordering

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately shipping doesn't change with the value of the product, it would be nice if did! We are always working to improve shipping

@samuellewis2560 4 ай бұрын

@@EverythingSmartHomeI run a small family owned fulfillment company that has 2 locations in the US. Can accept api orders and ship/mail with all major carriers. Would be happy to chat about setting up a stock in the us for you to ship from to help lower those costs.

@Gizfreek 4 ай бұрын

Awesome work, could you also sell just the PCB without the casing for those who can/want to print it themselves?

@ObiWanCanOweMe 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered four of them :D

@garysinclair6490 4 ай бұрын

I did a poor job of a PR, but I put together a card yaml, from other sources to build a map card for it.

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

I saw thanks, hope to get to it soon!

@PichanPerkele 4 ай бұрын

Looking great! And finally approaching a price I (as a massive cheapskate) consider affordable! Do you plan on selling versions without the mm wave board or enclosure? My 2 cents about losing the extra sensors - assuming the added cost in materials and manufacturing are near to negligible, I wouldn't mind paying a couple of euros more for that. Think of it not as a feature to increase profits but as something that might persuade people who are already on the fence. I for example am very slowly building my own set of sensors around the house and if your product had everything I needed, I might be inclined to just scrap my project and order a bunch of lites.

@JMX246 3 ай бұрын

Just saw the video - looks great - when stock ?

@StumblingGamer648 3 ай бұрын

These look awesome! I'd LOVE to get my hands on a few. I do have one question though. For rooms like a hallway, where you want motion control over lights, but don't always have a location for a sensor with an outlet nearby... do you have any good ideas/creative solutions for this scenario? All of my current sensors are battery powered which works best so far. Would it work to use POE to USB C adapter to power these?

@DIYtechie 4 ай бұрын

Happy with my EP lite :) If you ever figure out the Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) (prepaid tax in EU) I am happy to buy another one and perhaps a EP one and pro.

@NeilNatic 4 ай бұрын

What are you guys doing with these? Mainly lighting when in the area / room?

@user-yn2is5po9i 3 ай бұрын

Hi!! Is it going to back in stock again?? PLEASE MAKE MORE! It looks super great. I want to buy some. I already in the waiting list...

@gavinslater5117 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered! Thanks for such great content and now products to go alongside the content! Keep it up

@EverythingSmartHome 4 ай бұрын

Appreciate that, very kind!

@andygrichting 4 ай бұрын

Barely 12 hours later and everything is sold out... So much about "a good amount of stock" 😁. People seem to more than just like it (myself included). Fantastic product... hope to see it back in stock soon.

@RevNelson 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered 3! Fingers crossed for the Willy Wonka box!

@LeiChat 4 ай бұрын

Whoop! I managed to grab one before they sold out. Am I correct in thinking the EPL may also act as a Bluetooth proxy?

@christiaang 4 ай бұрын

I would like to see the Everything Presence Lite go up head to head with the Apollo MSR-1. These two seem to be the best affordable mmWave sensors thats run ESPhome.