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Shelly Plug S Gen3: ESPHome

Shelly Plug S Gen3 (smart plugs, ESP32): GPIO pinout and a starter ESPHome config with relays, buttons, LED. Local Home Assistant control with no cloud.

Type
Smart plugs
Chip
ESP32
Region standard
EU

Pinout

PinFunction
RXBlue
TXYellow
GPIO3Internal Temperature
GPIO4Relay
GPIO5LED WS2812
GPIO6BL0942 TX
GPIO7BL0942 RX
GPIO18Button

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Starter ESPHome config

Built from the pinout above. Keys and the Wi-Fi password come from secrets.yaml in ESPHome. Check the pins against your hardware revision before flashing: one model can ship with different boards.

substitutions:
  name: shelly-plug-s-gen3

esphome:
  name: ${name}
  friendly_name: "Shelly Plug S Gen3"

esp32:
  board: esp32dev

logger:
api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret api_key
ota:
  - platform: esphome
    password: !secret ota_password
wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  ap: {}
captive_portal:

switch:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: GPIO4
    id: relay1
    name: "Relay"  # Relay
    restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_OFF

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO18
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
      inverted: true
    name: "Button"  # Button
    on_press:
      - switch.toggle: relay1

status_led:
  pin:
    number: GPIO5
    inverted: false  # LED WS2812

# Other pins from the pinout:
#   RX: Blue
#   TX: Yellow
#   GPIO3: Internal Temperature
#   GPIO6: BL0942 TX
#   GPIO7: BL0942 RX

How to flash

  • Most devices are flashed over UART: a 3.3 V USB-TTL adapter to RX, TX, GND and 3V3, holding GPIO0 to ground at power-on (ESP8266/ESP32). Mains power disconnected.
  • Beken (BK72xx) and Realtek chips are flashed with ltchiptool, or with cloudcutter without opening the case if the firmware allows it.
  • Details and board photos: the device page in the ESPHome database.

A config from scratch: ESPHome generator. Which pins are safe: pinout.

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