WestTechAI is a veteran-owned company dedicated to building verified, reliable smart-home and IoT automation solutions that real people can afford, understand, and maintain.
We combine thoroughly tested hardware, transparent code, and clear documentation to empower DIYers and homeowners to take control of their own automation.
WestTechAI started as a veteran’s quest to build the kind of smart-home gear he actually wanted in his own house—local, reliable, and understandable.
After years of tinkering with ESP32 boards, Home Assistant, Ethernet modules, and 3D-printed enclosures, that personal project grew into a line of hardened automation panels for garages, sprinklers, and whole-home control.
Every WestTechAI panel is built around the same principles: Ethernet-first stability, verified firmware, and clear documentation so DIYers and homeowners can own their automation instead of guessing at it.
WestTechAI designs and builds smart-home IoT panels around the ESP32 platform, with a focus on reliability and local control:
- Garage Automation Panel (GAP) – safety-conscious, sensor-rich garage door automation with Ethernet, Wi-Fi backup, and local logic.
- Sprinkler Automation Panel (SAP) – a smart irrigation controller with a front-facing 20×4 LCD for at-a-glance zone status (in development).
- Main Automation Panel (MAP) – a structured media–style hub for whole-home automation and sensor aggregation.
- Basement / Utility Panels (BAP) & sensor pods – focused local panels and small enclosures for motion, presence, and other sensors.
Once you learn one WestTechAI panel, the others feel familiar: we reuse layouts, naming, and firmware patterns across the entire product line.
Wherever possible, our panels run on wired Ethernet using proven LAN8720-based designs, with Wi-Fi as a backup path. These are meant to behave like infrastructure, not disposable cloud gadgets.
We treat firmware like a real product release, not a random config file. Every WestTechAI panel runs on versioned, stable-tested ESPHome configurations with features like advanced auto-close logic, buzzer pre-warn cycles, and resilient timekeeping. Nothing is shipped until it has been exercised on real hardware under real conditions.
Our panels are built for people who care about how things are wired and documented. We provide clear GPIO maps, sensible terminal layouts, and hardened 3D-printed enclosures designed for actual garages, basements, and structured media panels.
Especially in the garage, safety matters more than gimmicks. GAP integrates door reeds, obstruction beams, motion sensors, and audible warnings so that auto-close decisions are made with context and redundancy. Logic runs locally on the panel and integrates with Home Assistant without depending on a third-party cloud.
GAP and SAP panels feature a front-facing 20×4 I2C LCD so you can see system status at a glance: door state, timers, zones, and network status. Other panels use compact OLED displays for diagnostics and installer information. You shouldn’t have to open an app just to know what your panel is doing.
We believe in transparency. Our designs are built around open tools like ESPHome and Home Assistant, with configuration and wiring intended to be shared, understood, and maintained long-term. As WestTechAI grows, our goal is to provide customers and installers with access to stable firmware images, wiring guides, and enclosure models so systems stay supportable for years.
WestTechAI panels are designed for:
- DIY homeowners who want a serious, local-first alternative to cloud-only gadgets.
- Smart-home enthusiasts and makers who love ESP32 projects but don’t want to reinvent enclosures, wiring, and safety logic from scratch.
- Small integrators and tech-savvy friends who install panels for others and need reliable, well-documented hardware to stand behind.
If you care about how things are wired, labeled, and supported—not just how they look in an app—WestTechAI is building hardware for you.
WestTechAI exists to bring reliable, understandable automation gear to real homes. Veteran-built panels, verified firmware, and honest documentation are at the center of everything we do.
If you’re ready for smart-home hardware that feels more like solid infrastructure than a toy, WestTechAI is building panels for you.