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+# ESPHome Flower Pot Monitoring
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+This project uses the ESP32-S2 Feather TFT from Adafruit to monitor flower pot humdity. It requires a running Homeassistant for full use.
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+To flash the chip, install esphome and run `esphome run livingroom.yaml`