Gelidus Research RATGDO Alternate Board AC USB-C v2

Description

GRGDO1-KIT-V2:

Gelidus Research RATGDO Alternate board AC USB-C v2:

• • Easy deployment to any available AC receptacle.
  • Occupies only one AC plug socket and provides an AC plug socket.
  • AC RATGDO compatible hardware with 315mhz plugin support (Feature in progress).
  • ESPHome RATGDO firmware is preloaded with the captive WEB portal.
  • Supports RATGDO Homekit firmware via the Gelidus Research Homekit WEB Installer.
  • Secplus GDO firmware is also available via this guide.
  • Best value price in the RATGDO alternative market.

GRGDO1 RATGDO Alternate Board Hardware:

• • 60 x 60 mm PCB
  • 4 Pin Aux port header (GND, 3.3v GPIO26, GPIO25)
  • USB-C programing interface.
  • Powerful ESP32S Dual Core 240Mhz 4MB Flash, BLE and WiFi module!
  • PCB layout strictly follows ESP antenna specifications providing excellent WiFi range
  • 8 Pin Quick connect
  • Powered directly with US AC plug receptacle blades (120 VAC)
  • US AC receptacle passthrough plug (120 VAC)
  • Follows UL/CSA specifications.
  • 1 Meter of 3 conductor 22 AWG bell wire
  • 3D printed protective safety enclosure.

Software:

This Gelidus Research RATGDO Alternate Board is designed to run on ESPHome frameworks. ESPHome integration with Home Assistant (HA) is ideal for providing a rich user interface. Adding the GRGDO1 to ESPHome and HA is easy using the preinstalled captive portal. Using any tablet or phone etc. that identifies a captive portal. You can link up the module without any serial firmware programming hassle’s. Once connected to your WIFI network it’s strait forward with HA integration. The GRGDO1 also runs HomeKit , please refer to the GRGDO1 RATGDO Homekit Setup Guide. for complete details.

Note: ToF distance sensor code updates for v2 boards are in progress and the VL53L1X module will not function until these are complete. ETA: Mid March 2025 for other options see the setup guides YAML pin notes.

Safety:

Never operate the  Gelidus Research RATGDO Alternate Board GRGDO1 module board without a protective enclosure, it will expose dangerous potential contact with your AC supply. We supply a safety enclosure and you can download our 3D printable STL files as well (If printing your own please use UL94 spec’d filament). The GRGDO1 hardware design follows UL/CSA specs.

Enclosure files: grgdo1.case.top.round.v3.0 grgdo1.case.bottom.round.v3.0

Install Guide: https://www.gelidus.ca/gdo-setup-guide/