Changelog - Version 1.12.0

User-Defined Services

ESP32 Camera

It’s release day! 🎉 Today I’m happy to release ESPHome 1.12.0. What’s new? A lot of awesome stuff got added! Let me walk you through it:

Before 1.12, it was only possible to transfer data from ESPHome to Home Assistant (with the homeassistant.service call). With 1.12 you get User-defined services, just define a service in your ESPHome file and call it like any other service from HA. All the rest (like variables, data validation, etc) are handled automatically!

ESP32 Camera Support: This is huge. When integrating cameras into your smart home you’d always have to weigh between security and price; cheap cameras often are very insecure (and sometimes even exposed on the web). And even the pricier ones would sometimes phone back to the manufacturer and upload your data. With ESPHome, everything’s 100% local and communicates directly with Home Assistant. It took a bit longer than I initially anticipated to iron out most stability issues, but with 1.12.0 it’s finally here :)

And thanks very much to @puuu for the SDS011 Particulate Matter integration and @mvturnho for the newly added MPR121 Capacitive Touch sensor support!

And as always, this release contains tons of small adjustments (like automatically providing suggestions for validation errors) and bug fixes to make your life easier.

Breaking Changes

The timeout_meter and timeout_time options of the ultrasonic sensor have been merged into timeout. (Ultrasonic Distance Sensor)
Ultrasonic Sensor no longer works with GPIO16 as echo pin on ESP8266s because the implementation switched to an asynchronous interrupt mode.

Other notable changes:

Added calibrate_linear sensor filter for easier calibration of sensors (sensor-filter-calibrate_linear)
Added for parameter to binary_sensor.is_on condition.
Added streamer_mode, status_use_ping and relative_url options to the Hass.io addon (see addon description).
Improved validation. For small typos for config variables similar keys are automatically suggested.
Added esp8266_restore_from_flash to esphome section which enables restoring state from flash instead of RTC memory - this allows recovering relay state even after a power cycle.
Added ability
!secret values are now hidden for config validation.
Rotary Encoders have a new min_value and max_value option. (Rotary Encoder Sensor)
Fixed OTA not working for ESP32 when BLE enabled.
Added a “delete” button in the dashboard interface to delete configuration files.
Reworked GPIO interrupts, this will fix a bunch of issues with components that use interrupts (rotary encoder, software uart, remote receiver, …)
Allowed the use of newest Arduino Core version for ESP8266: 2.5.0 (not default yet, please try it out on non-critical devices and report if there are no wifi issues)

Release 1.12.1 - March 20

core: Fix homeassistant mqtt discovery for light components :corepr:553 by @puuu
esphome: Fix filter_out: nan filer esphome#486
docs: Sonoff S20 yaml fix esphome-docs#200 by @BananaPukeh
core: Fix WiFi Info Text Sensor :corepr:554
core: Fix addressable lights starting white at boot :corepr:556
esphome: Fix IPAddress in validate secret esphome#488

Release 1.12.2 - March 31

esphome: Better symlink support under Windows esphome#487 by @glmnet
core: Fix WiFi Info sensor for ESP32 :corepr:561
core: Revert ultrasonic sensor to non-interrupt mode :corepr:562
core: Fix web_server for text_sensors :corepr:567
core: Fix ESP8266 cannot OTA after failed OTA attempt :corepr:564
core: ESP8266 SDK Core 2.3.0 compat :corepr:563
esphome: ESP8266 SDK 2.3.0 compat esphome#490
docs: Expand USB flashing, clarify how to report a bug. esphome-docs#204 by @balloob
core: Fix dallas on GPIO0 :corepr:568
docs: Fix api homeassistant.service docs esphome-docs#209 by @davericher
esphome: Upgrade ESPAsyncTCP to 1.2.0 esphome#497
core: Upgrade espasynctcp :corepr:576
esphome: Fix dashboard wizard unicode esphome#494
esphome: Fix text sensor MQTT settings esphome#495
core: Split up WiFi ESP32 and ESP8266 implementation :corepr:572
core: Fix MCP23017 to work on OUTPUT mode. :corepr:571 by @puerari
core: Disable wifi interface on shutdown :corepr:566
core: Fix light flashes :corepr:578
core: Rewrite PN532 to fix some lowvbat issues :corepr:575
core: cse7766 fix :corepr:558 by @brianrjones69
esphome: Upgrade docker base image to 1.4.3 esphome#499
core: Fix neopixelbus logging causes section type conflict :corepr:579

All changes

core: Fix feed_wdt :corepr:520
core: Speed up waveshare Epaper :corepr:518
esphome: Improve dashboard setup wizard esphome#450
core: Add MPR121 support for esphome-core :corepr:517 by @mvturnho
esphome: Add MPR121 Capacitive Touch Sensor esphome#449 by @mvturnho
core: Add restore state from flash option :corepr:530
esphome: Add restore state from flash option esphome#459
docs: Add restore state from flash option esphome-docs#181
esphome: Automatically hide secrets in validation esphome#455
core: Add nextion commands :corepr:523
core: Add logic in Output for minimum power setting :corepr:516 by @mtl010957
esphome: Add handling for min power output setting esphome#448 by @mtl010957
docs: Update output documentation for min_power configuration esphome-docs#167 by @mtl010957
esphome: Recommend similar keys for spelling errors esphome#458
core: Convert Automation engine to variadic templates :corepr:519
core: Add linear calibration filter :corepr:524
esphome: Convert automation engine to use variadic templates esphome#452
docs: Add linear calibration filter esphome-docs#180
core: Add native API User-Defined services :corepr:522
esphome: Add native API User-Defined services esphome#453
esphome: Add linear calibration sensor filter esphome#454
docs: Component reshuffle esphome-docs#183 by @FrengerH
docs: Add MPR121 support esphome-docs#176 by @mvturnho
esphome: Fix os.symlink on Windows esphome#460
esphome: Enable i2c scanning by default esphome#462
core: Add rotary encoder min/max value :corepr:534
esphome: Add rotary encoder min/max value esphome#463
esphome: Fix gain setting for ADS1115 esphome#468 by @Melkor82
core: Use clang-format and clang-tidy in CI :corepr:540
core: Add GPIO interrupt abstraction :corepr:535
core: Add MCP23017 :corepr:537
core: Add WiFi/MQTT/API connected condition :corepr:536
core: Fix debug statement in ESP32 Hall Sensor :corepr:533 by @emwap
core: Remove light mqtt_json warning :corepr:532
esphome: Add WiFi/MQTT/API connected condition esphome#465
esphome: Rewrite interrupt components esphome#464
esphome: Add relative_url, streamer_mode, status_use_ping dashboard options esphome#461
esphome: Add MCP23017 esphome#466
esphome: Allow Arduino Core 2.5.0 for ESP8266 esphome#469
core: Add copy output platform :corepr:542
core: Add ‘for’ to binary sensor conditions :corepr:541
esphome: Upgrade ESP32 core to 1.0.1 esphome#470
core: Add WiFi Info Text Sensor :corepr:543
esphome: Add for to binary sensor conditions esphome#471
esphome: Add connected condition esphome#474
esphome: Add copy output platform esphome#472
esphome: Add Wifi info text sensor esphome#473
docs: Add text-based sensor example to OLED cookbook entry esphome-docs#190 by @tubalainen
docs: H801 Cookbook Edit Language about holding GPIOs during flashing esphome-docs#189 by @2016for
docs: Adding manual for Sonoff T1 UK 3 Gang V1.1 esphome-docs#182 by @nnmalex
core: Add SDS011 :corepr:538 by @puuu
esphome: Support SDS011 component. esphome#467 by @puuu
docs: Document SDS011 component esphome-docs#185 by @puuu
docs: Add Teckin SP20 (US) example to ‘Generic Sonoff’ page esphome-docs#191 by @mjoshd
esphome: Add color to login error for better visibility esphome#478 by @TheZoker
core: Fixed: Waveshare 4.2in display timing problem due to high speed SPI u… :corepr:546 by @dirkj
docs: Update information on flashing OTA to old ip esphome-docs#193 by @tubalainen
docs: NeopixelBus Light: Fix GPIO2 not GPIO3 for uart1 method esphome-docs#194 by @Bierchermuesli
docs: Cookbook Guide for Mirabella Genio Smart Bulbs esphome-docs#184 by @cryptelli
docs: Improve bme280_environment cookbook for stable climates esphome-docs#149 by @hajdbo
core: SDS011: change type of update_interval_min to uint8_t :corepr:545 by @puuu
core: Add ESP32 camera support :corepr:544
docs: Cookbook Guide for Brilliant / Mirabella Genio Smart Plugs esphome-docs#195 by @cryptelli
esphome: Add ESP32 Camera esphome#475
docs: Add native API User-Defined services esphome-docs#171 (cherry-picked)
docs: BME280 environment micrograms -> grams esphome-docs#198 by @hajdbo
esphome: Changes for 1.12 esphome#482 (cherry-picked)
core: Fixes for 1.12 :corepr:551 (cherry-picked)
core: More changes for 1.12 :corepr:552
esphome: More changes for 1.12 esphome#483
esphome: Update Hassio base image to 1.4.1 esphome#484

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