LORA support in the ESPHome

[Jaishankar872]

Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like

I have already the home automation setup with help of ESPHome and Home Assistant all using the WiFi. But I want extend the coverage outside the Home area where LORA will be helpful. Please add the Lora into ESPHome

Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:

I have purchased the SX1262 SPI based Lora Module and tried both the Custom SPI Device(with RadioLib library) and External Components (https://github.com/PaulSchulz/esphome-lora-sx126x), but it is failed. and also difficult for me to port

Additional context

[netweaver1970]

Have you looked into https://github.com/StuartsProjects/SX12XX-LoRa
It's a good option too

[Jaishankar872]

Thanks for sharing the details

I am using the NodeMCU(ESP8266) on one side and Raspberry pi Pico W on another side with SX1262 lora module

Currently I am facing lot of struggle on library porting into the ESPHome environment.

Adding direct support in ESPHome or alternate method will help here.

[herostrat]

For sx127x modules there is this PR: #2634

[swoboda1337]

If it is just lora p2p support I could possibly add it to sx127x and esphome/esphome#7490

The sx126x is a very different chip though would be more work.

[nagyrobi]

Making progress in esphome/esphome#8187, and first implementation is for UART: esphome/esphome#8214. This is a generalised approach, which will make possible to develop simpler components for exchanging data directly between nodes by any means, like TCP, ESP-Now, LoRa, etc.