diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8b3f405..9202eeb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ ## Button+ -The Button+ is a modular control panel designed to work with MQTT. It has a "Main display" and "BAR modules" where the position and amount can be changed according your needs. +The Button+ is a modular control panel for home automation systems. It is designed to work with MQTT. It has several modules: a "Base module", a "Main display" and "BAR modules" where the position and amount can be changed according your needs. __You can order the Button+ on there [website](https://button.plus).__ this is also the place to find the original firmware, in case you want to revert back. -To make the Button+ work with ESPHome we needed at least a list of used components and a pinout/IO-list. I spend a couple of evenings with my multimeterm, making my wife crazy with the beeps, googled and collected data sheets of the components, broke a the display of 1 BAR module and did a trail-on-error to make stuf work with ESPHome. Here in this repo you'll find the [results](./Components) of my journy. +To make the Button+ work with ESPHome we needed at least a list of used components and a pinout/IO-list. I spend a couple of evenings with my multimeter, making my wife crazy with the beeps, googled and collected data sheets of the components, broke a the display of 1 BAR module and did a trail-on-error to make stuf work with ESPHome. Here in this repo you'll find the [results](./Components) of my journy. The ESPHome integration adds more flexebility and features, but also add some more complexity. To minimize the complexity I started this repo to collect examples and improve my work. > Want to help? Pull requests are welcome! + + ## Usefull Links * Display Items: https://esphome.io/components/display/