Unit NCIR Home Assistant Integration

This tutorial describes how to integrate the Unit NCIR single-point infrared thermometer sensor into Home Assistant to achieve non-contact temperature monitoring.

1. Preparation

Environment Setup

1. Install Home Assistant by following the official Home Assistant documentation.
2. Install the ESPHome Device Builder add-on by following the official ESPHome documentation.
3. Refer to the following resources:

• MLX90614 Datasheet
• MLX90614 Contactless Infrared Temperature Sensor

Hardware Products

• Unit NCIR
• A compatible controller (such as an Atom, Stamp, Stick, Core, or Basic series device)

2. Modify Configuration

The I²C component needs to be enabled in the ESPHome configuration:

# Example configuration entry for ESP32
i2c:
  sda: GPIOXX
  scl: GPIOXX
  scan: true

The GPIO pins here will vary depending on the main controller used. For example, using Atom Lite as the controller:

# I2C Bus on Grove Port (HY2.0-4P)
i2c:
  sda: GPIO26
  scl: GPIO32

Unit NCIR Configuration Example:

sensor:
  - platform: mlx90614
    ambient:
      name: Ambient
    object:
      name: Object
    update_interval: 10s

3. Getting Started

Once added to the Dashboard, you can view the sensor data in Home Assistant:

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