I Connected My Withings Body+ to Home Assistant with an ESP32

Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

dgacmu wrote: post #30

toomuchtodo wrote: post #29

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Is there any documentation and a specific esp32 Bluetooth proxy you would recommend?

esp32 bluetooth proxy: There's a standard esphome component that just turns any esp32 with appropriate h/w into a BTLE proxy: https://esphome.io/components/bluetooth_proxy/ I'm just using a cheap ESP-WROOM-32 but the recommended way to do it is with an wired ethernet-based ESP32 so you don't have interference with the wifi and btle. For a scale this works well enough. I haven't yet received the athom smart plug so I…

Post by deebuildsthings » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC

Post by mettamage » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

AshleyGrant wrote: post #14

Using AI to reverse engineer undocumented Bluetooth protocols has been a godsend for me. We have an RV that came with a "Smart RV" system from BMPro that controls all of the lights, the air conditioning, starting the generator, leveling, slideouts, and other stuff. The BMPro app is... well, it's like they actively worked to make it terrible. I put up with it for 2 years and then had the bright idea to throw the APK a…