Gosund WiFi Smart Socket Teardown
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2019
- Yet Another Smart Socket...I picked these up on Amazon to see how they compared to my longest running WiFi outlets.
Gosund uses the ESP8285 system to connect to the Smartlife app. Then you can tether that to your home control system of choice. It works with the usual devices and is pretty similar to many of the other outlets. If they are listed at a good price, they are definitely worth the value.
I like that I can use different manufacturers with the same Smartlife ap. Gosund built a nice little outlet. I have plans for these that i might do a video on if it ends up being interesting enough. Thanks for watching.
Here is where I got them. smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
ESP8285 datasheet PDF www.espressif.com/sites/defau... - Навчання та стиль
Nice one Sir. It helps me to install my new Gosund smart socket for my gaming room.
Glad it helped!
Was very easy to set up. It is working great, so far. I expect to buy more in the future. Works well with Alexa.
I'm a big fan of these. Nooie also makes one that is basically the same thing but the outlet size is smaller, you can fit two per duplex outlet.
Alexa integration was flawless, the biggest frustration I had was common for things using this IOS app, getting it to connect to WIFI the first time. Four or five resets later and it took.
One of mine stopped outputting main power today. Still connects and "switches" well (w/Tasmota btw). Just no juice at all. Was for my subwoofer.
I have seen the relay contacts fry in there. It's a decent relay but only 10amps. If it had some surges or something, the contacts can go bad. Fortunately its a pretty available relay. If you have the time/energy, the relay is pretty easy to change. I also run tasmota and must say these gosund outlets are still my favorites.
Thanks so much for this very useful video! I plugged one into my garage, but my WIFI signal there is too weak for it to connect to my network. Hence I want to solder a long wire antenna onto the ESP8285 module (where it says T201-V1.0) to get better signal gain. I can see the top part of the PCB is the antenna trace but covered in some kind of black paint. I am thinking of scratching that black paint off and just soldering a long wire to it. Do you think it would work?
Hi Doug, You can scrape off that solder resist but a long wire may not be the solution. Antenna's are "tuned" to a specific frequency. Personally I would use an old antenna from a wifi router or old wifi antenna from a laptop. Otherwise you want your wire to be between 28.8mm and 32mm long. That will give you the best reception at 2.4ghz.
@@FixitFrank Thanks for this information as I didn't know that. I do have an antenna from an old wifi router that I can use. Good advice, and great video!
Sweet! The connections will be via a small piece of coax wire. You can connect the center wire to the antenna trace and the ground to any ground point(or leave it floating). For your purposes this should work. I added one to my Wyze pan tilt zoom camera and obtained an extra 10 meters or so of reception.
Have you tried your own firmware on this yet?
If so could you put a link...
Thanks a ton!
I have not as of yet. I did reflash a wyze rgb bulb but not the outlets yet.
Hello, you used heat to seal the plug back up. Why not use heat to open the plug up? What temperature did you use? I have a Wyze plug I am trying to open and it has resisted the charms of a chisel. Heat is my next option.
ua-cam.com/video/7p6VcA8Z5vM/v-deo.html Here is a video where I opened a Wyze plug. I don't know if its still the same design or not though. This is a few years old. I honestly don't know why I didn't use heat. Being that I was able to split it open, I guess it never occurred for opening. However, since I do use a few 3D printers, I know ABS likes to get soft around 200-230c so I set my air to that temp.
@@FixitFrank Thanks. I will try a screw driver and see if I can pry the two pieces apart. I couldn't get into the corner with the chisel and thought I would need heat. The case appears to be the same but I suspect I will find an ESP32 inside since it has Bluetooth.
@@wstrater wow the new ones have Bluetooth? I didn't know that. After I saw the fuse placement in the older wyze plug I kind of gave up on them. I know wyze was just rebranding them. I like wyze stuff for the most part. The first gen bulbs were bad but most of the other stuff is nice. I'll be curious to hear what you find.
@@FixitFrank Not really sure what I will find because I had a different feeling about Bluetooth. I flashed ES8266 firmware to an ESP32 chip. It wasn't until after I bricked the device that I realized I and the switch were doomed from the beginning. I am hoping that I can use a TTL flasher and bring it back to life.