--- title: The $20 "Cheap Yellow Display" is the best addition to... description: A hands-on experience report building a smart home dashboard using the $20 ESP32 'Cheap Yellow Display' (ESP32-2432S028R) with ESPHome and the LVGL graphics... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-20-cheap-yellow-display-is-the-best-addition-to-my-smart-home-in-months-cespx1kdb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The $20 "Cheap Yellow Display" is the best addition to my smart home in months | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on experience report building a smart home dashboard using the $20 ESP32 'Cheap Yellow Display' (ESP32-2432S028R) with ESPHome and the LVGL graphics... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-20-cheap-yellow-display-is-the-best-addition-to-my-smart-home-in-months-cespx1kdb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cesPX1kDb.png og:image:alt: The $20 "Cheap Yellow Display" is the best addition to my smart home in months 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. # The $20 "Cheap Yellow Display" is the best addition to my smart home in months **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on experience report building a smart home dashboard using the $20 ESP32 'Cheap Yellow Display' (ESP32-2432S028R) with ESPHome and the LVGL graphics library. The author walks through the learning curve of integrating LVGL into ESPHome, using community GitHub repositories as a starting point, and building a functional Home Assistant control panel with light controls, music playback, temperature display, and a clock. The project is noted as rewarding but technically challenging, especially for non-developers, and the author plans to open-source the final result. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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