Add getting-started tutorial (M5 Atom S3 Lite → HA, end-to-end)

astro.config.mjs

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
           items: [
             { slug: 'approach' },
             { slug: 'quick-start' },
+            { slug: 'external-resources' },
           ],
         },
         {

src/content/docs/external-resources.md

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+---
+title: External resources
+description: Community-written articles and YouTube videos covering ESPresense setup, integrations, and use cases.
+sidebar:
+  order: 99
+---
+
+
+Once you've finished the [Quick Start tutorial](/quick-start), these community-written articles and videos cover more advanced or alternative ESPresense setups. Some predate the current firmware release, so treat them as orientation, not as authoritative steps — when something in a third-party tutorial conflicts with the docs here, the docs here are current.
+
+## Articles
+
+* [ESPresence for Home Assistant Presence Monitoring](https://tech.scargill.net/the-esp32-s3-and-espresence/) (August 17, 2024) - A recent guide on using inexpensive ESP32 boards for presence detection with practical insights from actual implementation.
+
+* [3D Rendering Your In-House GPS](https://durdle.com/2024/03/05/3d-render-in-house-gps/) (March 5, 2024) - A project that creates a 3D model of your house to visually track BLE devices using ESPresense.
+
+* [Make you music follow you with ESPresense Room Presence Detection](https://fixtse.com/blog/espresense-music-follow) (November 4, 2023) - A tutorial showing how to make music follow you through your home using ESPresense with Home Assistant.
+
+* [ESPresense v3 - Room level presence detection with ESP32 and Home Assistant](https://fixtse.com/blog/espresense-detection) (October 6, 2023) - A guide that demystifies ESPresense v3 setup with clear, simple instructions.
+
+* [Reliable iOS Presence Detection with ESPresense v3 Enroll Flow and IRK](https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/reliable-ios-presence-detection-with-espresense-v3-enroll-flow-and-irk/) (April 16, 2023) - A guide focused on using ESPresense v3's new enroll flow feature for more reliable tracking of Apple devices.
+
+* [Better Presence Detection with Home Assistant and ESPresense](https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/better-presence-detection-with-home-assistant-and-espresense/) (April 16, 2023) - A comprehensive guide covering how to use ESP32 devices as a cheaper alternative to Raspberry Pi for room presence detection.
+
+* [Counting Room Occupancy with ESPresense and Home Assistant](https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/counting-room-occupancy-with-espresense-and-home-assistant/) (March 12, 2023) - A guide on how to count devices in a room using ESPresense for occupancy detection.
+
+* [How to Setup ESPresence for Room Presence Detection in Home Assistant](https://www.techtutorials.tv/sections/home-assistant/home-assistant-espresence/) (January 23, 2023) - A step-by-step guide to installing and configuring ESPresense, including setup for Apple Watch tracking.
+
+* [ESPresense: Easy Room Detection for Home Assistant](https://blog.briancmoses.com/2022/03/espresense-easy-room-detection-for-home-assistant.html) (March 2022) - A detailed walkthrough of implementing presence detection with ESPresense base stations and Home Assistant.
+
+* [Room-level BLE-based presence detection with ESP32s, ESPresense, MQTT, and Home Assistant](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/room-level-ble-based-presence-detection-esp32s-espresense-dima-tokar)
+
+* [How to Detect Room Presence and Automate Smart Home Devices With ESP32](https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-detect-room-presence/)
+
+## Video Tutorials
+
+### Bluetooth Presence Detection in Home Assistant (June 2025)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CbhCi2BT7Lw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Send ESPresense Data to AWS IoT Core using Mosquitto Bridge (April 2025)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sH3TUEDEZZw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Room Presence with ESPHome vs ESPresense (August 2024)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BUVu6KCkp-g" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Getting Started with ESPresense (June 2023)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cwVgv8WVOsU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Why Everyone is Wrong About Room Presence (May 2023)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g53jpdWoXVk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Tracking Smart Phones, Watches and Bluetooth Devices (March 2023)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KCgUWsn3F70" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Try These ESPresense Automations (February 2023)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NssKZPycc2I" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### ESPresense v3: Room-Level Presence Detection Made Simple (October 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u7pn2_2l7OI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Smart Room Detection with ESPresense in Every Room (October 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s7kyqpq4Ev4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Ultimate Presence Detection Sensor for Your Dashboard (September 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ToMW4CYUOA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Setting Up Presence Detection in Home Assistant - Part 2 (May 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfwsCy_X2k8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Introduction to Presence Detection in Home Assistant - Part 1 (May 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M0nphftsSi8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Tailor Made Automations for Each Person (April 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axod3MJmXQk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### How To Setup ESPresence for Room Presence Detection (February 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rMKEf7g1htk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### The BEST Smart Home Room Presence Detection (January 2022)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p7C2QvmsM8M" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### Track Objects Inside Your House with BLE (December 2021)
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7bfW_6130To" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+
+**For German viewers:**
+
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PAIuZ1TgPWA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>