--- title: Get ready to start building: The ESPHome Starter Kit is... description: Apollo Automation, the Open Home Foundation's second commercial partner, has launched the ESPHome Starter Kit: a beginner-friendly hardware kit requiring no... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/get-ready-to-start-building-the-esphome-starter-kit-is-here--epky72zre twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Get ready to start building: The ESPHome Starter Kit is here! | daily.dev og:description: Apollo Automation, the Open Home Foundation's second commercial partner, has launched the ESPHome Starter Kit: a beginner-friendly hardware kit requiring no... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/get-ready-to-start-building-the-esphome-starter-kit-is-here--epky72zre og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ePky72ZrE.png og:image:alt: Get ready to start building: The ESPHome Starter Kit is here! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get ready to start building: The ESPHome Starter Kit is here! **[ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple](https://daily.dev/sources/esphome)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apollo Automation, the Open Home Foundation's second commercial partner, has launched the ESPHome Starter Kit: a beginner-friendly hardware kit requiring no soldering, breadboarding, or coding. It includes four snap-together modules (motion sensor, temperature/humidity sensor, notification module with buzzer and RGB LEDs, and a button) powered by an ESP32-C6 microcontroller that runs ESPHome and connects to Home Assistant or other smart home platforms. The kit ships with a Learning Wiki and the revamped ESPHome Device Builder visual tool, and profits go toward funding the Open Home Foundation's projects including ESPHome, Home Assistant, and Music Assistant. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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