~/log/home-and-appliances/inkbird-bluetooth-bridge
Inkbird Bluetooth bridge
Inkbird INT-12-BW / INT-14-BW meat thermometer + ESP32
open repo ↗ github.com
- ai
- claude
- evidence
- public
- reviewed
Paul Faure documented his thermometer’s Bluetooth protocol, including its authentication handshake, and built an ESPHome bridge that puts every probe and setting into Home Assistant.
- ai
- The README credits "significant collaboration from Claude". The hardest part, a two-stage CRC chain, was cracked with help from a decompile of the Android app.
- caveats
- Alarm channels and several settings reports are logged but not parsed. No Wi-Fi path. Only one Bluetooth connection at a time, so the phone app can't connect while the bridge does.
- evidence
- Public project; the creator reports weeks of daily use.
Code or detailed materials are published. Says nothing about safety, quality or maintenance. Not tested by unshittify. Added by unshittify. Wrong or out of date? Send a correction.