ESPRoomba

Smartify your iRobot® using an ESP32-C3 running ESPHome

Features

• Ability to wake the iRobot® up from normal & deep sleep
• Ability to command the iRobot® to start normal/spot/max cleaning/stop cleaning and go back to the dock
• Get a detailed charging status from the iRobot
• Ability to guess the iRobot®'s status (the Roomba® Open Interface (OI) doesn't report cleaning status)
• Ability to report more advanced sensors (Battery temperature & voltage, General power usage, Motor currents, the value of the Virtual Wall sensor and which button is being pressed)
• Ability to restart and power off the iRobot®
• Can be hooked into Home Assistant’s Template Vacuum configuration
• Broadcasts a Bluetooth iBeacon (can be used to track the iRobot®'s location using ESPresense)
• Ability to set the iRobot®'s clock (automatically (daily at 5AM) and manually using Home Assistant)

Software Requirements

• Home Assistant
• ESPHome

Hardware Requirements

• Compatible iRobot® Roomba®
• A WiFi network
• ESP32-C3 Super Mini
• Buck Converter (set it to 3.3v)
• 2N3906 PNP Transistor

Tested iRobot® Roomba®'s

• 600 series
• 700 series
• 800 series

Connection Diagram

Credits

mannkind - Original implementation

davidecavestro - Native API support and a major rewrite

wburgers - Native UART support

philpownall - Manual controls, text display and dashboard config