Salt level sensor for water softener in Home Assistant with ESPHome
Introduction In this article I will explain how I quickly created a salt level sensor for my water softener using an HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor and a Wemos D1 mini . The inspiration was provided by DrZzs during one of his live streams. Since I wanted a smart device and upgrading mine would cost me around 150€ I decided I would try to do it myself. I will illustrate two examples on how to display the…