esphome-docs/components/binary_sensor/custom.rst

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Custom Binary Sensor
====================
.. warning::
Custom components are deprecated, not recommended for new configurations
and will be removed from ESPHome in a future release.
Please look at creating a real ESPHome component and "importing" it into your
configuration with :doc:`/components/external_components`.
You can find some basic documentation on creating your own components
at :ref:`contributing_to_esphome`.
This integration can be used to create custom binary sensors in ESPHome
using the C++ (Arduino) API.
Please first read :doc:`/components/sensor/custom` guide,
the same principles apply here and binary sensors are very similar
to sensors internally.
The example below is an example of a custom binary sensor; this custom sensor is essentially the
same as the gpio binary sensor.
.. code-block:: cpp
#include "esphome.h"
class MyCustomBinarySensor : public PollingComponent, public BinarySensor {
public:
// constructor
MyCustomBinarySensor() : PollingComponent(15000) {}
void setup() override {
// This will be called by App.setup()
pinMode(5, INPUT);
}
void update() override {
// This will be called every "update_interval" milliseconds.
// Publish an OFF state
bool state = digitalRead(5);
publish_state(state);
}
};
(Store this file in your configuration directory, for example ``my_binary_sensor.h``)
And in YAML:
.. code-block:: yaml
# Example configuration entry
esphome:
includes:
- my_binary_sensor.h
binary_sensor:
- platform: custom
lambda: |-
auto my_custom_sensor = new MyCustomBinarySensor();
App.register_component(my_custom_sensor);
return {my_custom_sensor};
binary_sensors:
name: "My Custom Binary Sensor"
Configuration variables:
- **lambda** (**Required**, :ref:`lambda <config-lambda>`): The lambda to run for instantiating the
binary sensor(s).
- **binary_sensors** (**Required**, list): A list of binary sensors to initialize. The length here
must equal the number of items in the ``return`` statement of the ``lambda``.
- All options from :ref:`Binary Sensor <config-binary_sensor>`.
See :apiclass:`BinarySensor <binary_sensor::BinarySensor>`
See Also
--------
- :ghedit:`Edit`