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Smart Environmental Talking Sensor — ESP32-CAM + BME680 monitor that speaks alerts (temperature, humidity, pressure, air quality) via DFPlayer Mini.
Status: Early hardware + firmware phase.
- ESP32-CAM — main controller
- BME680 — temp, humidity, pressure, IAQ
- DFPlayer Mini — MP3 voice prompts
- microSD — sound storage (FAT32)
- Speaker (4Ω 3W) — output
- Breadboard + jumpers — prototyping
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Flashed Netgear R6700v3 + IP passthrough = whole-network VPN fortress.
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