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Discover Easy, Affordable & Reliable PCB Manufacturing Sponsored by JLCPCB 👉 https://jlcpcb.com/?from=mellow_labs 💰 New customers get $123 in coupons 🔧 Trusted by over 5 million engineers! 💖 Support My Work: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mellow_labs Mugs: http://mellowlabs.uk/ IR Receive Guide: https://www.makerguides.com/ir-receiver-remote-arduino-tutorial/ 🌐 Socials: Discord: https://discord.gg/bnxkTqQRak Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/fire-marshmallow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mellow_fire/ Printables: https://www.printables.com/social/282935-mellow ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction and the problem 01:45 Disassembly and teardown 05:10 PCB and electronics analysis 09:20 Sponsor: JLCPCB 10:20 Testing individual components 14:40 Power supply workaround 18:10 Full functionality restored 20:40 Home Assistant integration attempts 24:25 Conclusion 🏷️ Tags #smartfan #homeassistant #raspberrypipico #diyelectronics #esphome #smarthome #iot #micropython #pcb #jlcpcb #maker #esp32 #teardown #fanmod #microcontroller #charlieplexing #homeautomation #electronics 🎉 Video Summary Attempted to add Home Assistant control to an ordinary pedestal fan by replacing its microcontroller with a Raspberry Pi Pico. Despite getting all original functions working, ESPHome's lack of charlieplexing support and ESP connectivity issues meant the smart integration failed. Sponsored by JLCPCB.