From 1329f67a24443d44a621729dc55aeca08f46b90d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Donno <andrea.donno@me.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:46:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add another example without MQTT (#573)

* add another example without MQTT

this has been requested on Twitter so I thought it might be helpful for further users

* Minor changes

* Remove second anchor

Co-authored-by: Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
---
 components/binary_sensor/pn532.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/binary_sensor/pn532.rst b/components/binary_sensor/pn532.rst
index 51e9667c7..8ef11787b 100644
--- a/components/binary_sensor/pn532.rst
+++ b/components/binary_sensor/pn532.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,24 @@ using :ref:`api-homeassistant_tag_scanned_action`.
         then:
           - homeassistant.tag_scanned: !lambda 'return x;'
 
+Alternatively you could also send the value directly to Home Assistant via a
+:doc:`template sensor </components/sensor/template>`.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    pn532:
+      # ...
+      on_tag:
+        then:
+        - text_sensor.template.publish:
+            id: rfid_tag
+            state: !lambda 'return x;'
+
+    text_sensor:
+      - platform: template
+        name: "RFID Tag"
+        id: rfid_tag
+
 .. _pn532-tag:
 
 NFC/RFID Tag