Home Buttons

Name: Home Buttons
SKU: 28406
Price: 59.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.92 (10 reviews)

(10 Reviews)

An open source device simplifying your smart home

Designed by PLab in Slovenia

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An open source device simplifying your smart home

Home Buttons An open source device simplifying your smart home. Designed for Home Assistant Features: 6 push buttons, multiple press support 2.9" e-paper display Text labels and Material Design Icon…

Home Buttons

An open source device simplifying your smart home.

Designed for Home Assistant

Features:

6 push buttons, multiple press support
2.9" e-paper display
Text labels and Material Design Icons
Wi-Fi connectivity
Less than 1 second from button press to triggered action (depending on your network)
Temperature & humidity sensor
Power options: 18650 Li-Ion Battery Cell, USB-C, 5V DC
Greater than 1 year battery life
USB-C charging
Compact size: 87 x 87 x 23 mm

How it works

Home Buttons lets you control you smart home in a simple and intuitive way.
With a couple of push buttons, you can set scenes, control lights, trigger automations, and more.

The device features an e-paper display that shows a label for each button. So you always know what it does!
All while consuming next to no power.

The labels and button actions can be easily configured directly in Home Assistant.

Home Buttons communicates via the MQTT protocol on a local network. No cloud required.

It's also possible to use Home Buttons without Home Assistant. It can be integrated into most smart home systems that support MQTT, though some features may not be available.

Order Options

18650 battery cell holder (battery cell NOT INCLUDED). Can also be powered by USB-C without the battery inserted.
Battery holder and 5V DC terminal connector in the box (NOT SOLDERED - decide later and solder yourself)

Getting started

Set up you device with the help of Quick Setup Guide.

Important!

If you select the battery powered option, you need one 18650 Li-Ion battery cell (NOT INCLUDED). Please use a high quality cell with greater than 3000 mAh capacity. The length of the cell must not exceed 65.5 mm. Button top cells might not fit properly.

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.90)

Documentation: (4.90)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (4.90)

Sebastian | Nov. 12, 2023

Found it and I knew I needed it!

I've often wanted to make a switch with a display. I have found the perfect solution here. Great quality and super easy to set up.

Andrej | July 10, 2023

Just a great experience

I bought this back on 09.11.2022. I got myself the original 6 button version.
Thanks for improving the firmware since then.
Discovered that the new version can display material design icons. Something I wanted to have from the beginning.
Super cool!

I also got myself a battery then and today (10.07.2023) the battery has 39%. Using it for switching on and off some lights every evening.

Just a good product.
Keep up the good work!

Giovanni | March 2, 2023

Great device and even a great maker!!

Let me start that I am really thankful to Nejc that offered to ship me the device a second time as the 1st time the contents of the envelope was stolen during transportation (the thief put some nice pokemon cards inside to try to match the weight, what an awful person).
Back to the review, the device is just amazing, it was enough to scan the QRCode to have all the needed instructions on my cell phone and I manage to connect it to my MQTT broker in HA in 2 minutes, it's very easy to use and nice looking as well; it's very hany to have up to 24 possible triggers and using the display in a dynamic way to display useful info is just a cherry on the cake.
Being myself a maker and tinder seller I can only advise to go for this device, it's really well done and it will help the maker to continue to develop it further!

Giovanni

Manuel | Feb. 22, 2023

Awesome buttons for controling anything you'd want

I have been searching many months for an universal solution, that I like.
This one hits the spot!

Pros:
- Nice and modern design
- Easy setup, just connect to WiFi and enter your credentials
- Temperature and Humidity sensor built in
- Detailed documentation
- Active maintainer
- Very well packaged
- Nice 3d printed case, very nice finish and material
- Very lightweight
- Auto discovery with HomeAssistant, no trouble setting it up
- Very fast delivery within 4 days to Switzerland
- Very nice Display

Cons / Inconveniences:
- Setup is not explained on the screen
- Case cover was very hard to take off, I wish it was a bit easier. I almost broke it :/
- Requires MQTT. I don't mind, but an alternative with ESPHome would be great (seems to be in progress)
- LEDs are slightly off center, when pressing a button. It's probably a limitation, because the batter would not fit otherwise.
- No option for ordering a battery cell directly with the order. I had to order one elsewhere.
- Not very much configuration options for what is being displayed on the screen (max 7 characters, no icons, ...)

Overall, this is a really good product.
I really like the E-Paper display.
Some tinkering with MQTT is required, but it's not hard to do.
I really wish that there would also be a version with a motion sensor (and maybe even more sensors?)

I hope that the seller will create more products.
I have no complaints so far, and it works much better and faster, than my old switches.

Thanks!

Edit 05.04.2023: After a few months of running this, I can confirm that it's absolutely worth it. Using the triggers in Home Assistant, I can control anything now in my entire household - no matter the complexity. I love to see that the seller is active and updates are being made. 10/10

Response from PLab | Feb. 23, 2023

Thanks for the exhaustive review!

Could you please elaborate on this point a bit more: "Labels will reset, after power has been lost"?
This should not be the case, as labels are saved in persisted memory.

Tj | Feb. 18, 2023

Nifty smart home device

Long have I wanted a device that's just some buttons that trigger various automations around my apartment. Home Buttons delivers, and it does it with style!

It works exactly like I expected and was a breeze to integrate with Home Assistant using the provided guide. The enclosure is very well-designed, and makes great use of a dual-extruder 3D printer to add the logo and lines indicating which buttons the labels correspond to.

The silkscreen layer on the PCB is very informative and will definitely help me should I need to troubleshoot the device for whatever reason.

The temperature and humidity sensor are a nice touch, too! Now I have yet another data point for my average temperature and humidity sensors.

Overall I am very happy with this so far! Keep up the good work, PLab

Alex | Jan. 31, 2023

Great product and great documentation.

An awesome way of having buttons with labels in home-assistant. With the current firmware adding more control from inside HA making this a the top buttons with eink display from a usability and a scriptability.

Nico | Nov. 23, 2022

6 button controller with display

This is a really nice device featuring 6 buttons with configurable labels. It would be a great addition to be able to update the labels via an API, but even now the build quality is great and everything can be setup with little to no effort. Insert the battery and follow the instructions on the display. Well done!

Koen | Nov. 19, 2022

Very nice addition to my home automation

I love this button device. It works well, looks great and, very important, it has a great wife acceptance factor ;)
Instructions are easy to follow and I shipment and delivery was very fast (arrived in 10 days).

Vincèn | Nov. 16, 2022

Excellent product with great documentation

Discovered the product in an IoT blog I follow and what an amazing discover :)
Very good documentation avalaible fully online.
Simple and very nice design.
Use ESP platform for very easy integration and programming if wanted,
Standard battery and easy setup with supplied firmware.
Shipping fantastic: ordered on friday afternoon, shipped on saturday and received on wednesday in Switzerland for a very reasonnable price :)

Impatient to discover your next product ;) Hope you plan to do more as might buy some for my customers ;)

Jens | Nov. 4, 2022

Very nice!

Just what I was looking for. Comes securely packaged, quality of the device feels good and everything works as advertised. Setup was a breeze, it only took a few minutes to get it working with Home Assistant by following the setup guide. Would recommend.

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