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If you have a Levoit Core 400s air purifier, you can flash it with ESPHome.

The guide says: To get to the microcontroller, it's necessary to open it from the bottom.
It's actually easier if you don't care too much about its aesthetics.

There is a gray ring at the top and black latches on the inside behind the gray ring. You can push these latches in by using 2 sharp & thin knives.

One knife to lift the ring and a second one to push in the latches. Parts of these latches will break! But don't worry, it will reassemble just fine.

If you take the bottom-up path, you will have to extend the internal cables. Otherwise, you won't be able to reconnect the PCB to the unit.

Please know, you will have to take the bottom-up path halfway, otherwise you cannot see the inside latches. You have to detach the upper part from the lower part.

What a dumb design choice by #Levoit!

Great job on this, @tuct.

https://github.com/tuct/levoit/tree/main/devices/levoit-core400s

#smarthome #iotmodding #airpurifiers #esphome #homeassistant #decloudify #digitalfreedom

If you have a Levoit Core 400s air purifier, you can flash it with ESPHome.

The guide says: To get to the microcontroller, it's necessary to open it from the bottom.
It's actually easier if you don't care too much about its aesthetics.

There is a gray ring at the top and black latches on the inside behind the gray ring. You can push these latches in by using 2 sharp & thin knives.

One knife to lift the ring and a second one to push in the latches. Parts of these latches will break! But don't worry, it will reassemble just fine.

If you take the bottom-up path, you will have to extend the internal cables. Otherwise, you won't be able to reconnect the PCB to the unit.

Please know, you will have to take the bottom-up path halfway, otherwise you cannot see the inside latches. You have to detach the upper part from the lower part.

What a dumb design choice by #Levoit!

Great job on this, @tuct.

https://github.com/tuct/levoit/tree/main/devices/levoit-core400s

#smarthome #iotmodding #airpurifiers #esphome #homeassistant #decloudify #digitalfreedom

If you have a Levoit Core 400s air purifier, you can flash it with ESPHome.

The guide says: To get to the microcontroller, it's necessary to open it from the bottom.
It's actually easier if you don't care too much about its aesthetics.

There is a gray ring at the top and black latches on the inside behind the gray ring. You can push these latches in by using 2 sharp & thin knives.

One knife to lift the ring and a second one to push in the latches. Parts of these latches will break! But don't worry, it will reassemble just fine.

If you take the bottom-up path, you will have to extend the internal cables. Otherwise, you won't be able to reconnect the PCB to the unit.

Please know, you will have to take the bottom-up path halfway, otherwise you cannot see the inside latches. You have to detach the upper part from the lower part.

What a dumb design choice by #Levoit!

Great job on this, @tuct.

https://github.com/tuct/levoit/tree/main/devices/levoit-core400s

#smarthome #iotmodding #airpurifiers #esphome #homeassistant #decloudify #digitalfreedom

If you have a Levoit Core 400s air purifier, you can flash it with ESPHome.

The guide says: To get to the microcontroller, it's necessary to open it from the bottom.
It's actually easier if you don't care too much about its aesthetics.

There is a gray ring at the top and black latches on the inside behind the gray ring. You can push these latches in by using 2 sharp & thin knives.

One knife to lift the ring and a second one to push in the latches. Parts of these latches will break! But don't worry, it will reassemble just fine.

If you take the bottom-up path, you will have to extend the internal cables. Otherwise, you won't be able to reconnect the PCB to the unit.

Please know, you will have to take the bottom-up path halfway, otherwise you cannot see the inside latches. You have to detach the upper part from the lower part.

What a dumb design choice by #Levoit!

Great job on this, @tuct.

https://github.com/tuct/levoit/tree/main/devices/levoit-core400s

#smarthome #iotmodding #airpurifiers #esphome #homeassistant #decloudify #digitalfreedom