Smart devices without the cloud
Brage is the smart device line from Skjold Lab, next to the audio products. Each device is a small, 3D printed box that talks directly to Home Assistant on your own network. There is no cloud, no account and no separate app.
No cloud
Everything runs on your own network. The devices work even when the internet is down.
Home Assistant
The devices are found automatically, with no account and no bridge.
Homey
Use them in Homey through Home Assistant.
Open firmware
The devices run ESPHome. You can read and change everything yourself.
Wireless updates
New firmware is sent over Wi-Fi. You do not need to open the box.
Build it yourself
The case is 3D printed, and the parts are ordinary off-the-shelf parts.
Brage Vippe 5
Five metal toggle switches in a box that hangs under your desk. Each switch is its own on/off switch in your smart home. The switches stay where you put them, so you always see what is on.
Flip a switch and something happens at home
Brage Vippe only reports how the switches are set. What should happen is up to you, in Home Assistant or Homey.
Connect power
Vippe 5 gets 5 V over USB-C, from a charger or a free USB port.
Set up Wi-Fi
The device makes its own network the first time. Choose your home network there.
Add it to Home Assistant
It shows up by itself, with five switches: Vippe 1 to Vippe 5.
Choose what the switches do
Link each switch to a light, a socket or a scene.
One switch, one thing
Lights
The desk lamp, the ceiling light or the whole room.
Monitor and speakers
Turn on your workspace with a smart plug.
Scenes
One scene when the switch is flipped on, and another when it is flipped off.
Anything Home Assistant can do
The switch is an ordinary sensor, so it works in any automation.
Only 3.3 volts in the switches
The switches only carry a weak signal from the circuit board, never mains voltage. What actually turns the power on and off is the smart plugs and lamps you already have.
Brage, function and count
The devices are named Brage, then the function, then the number of channels. So Brage Vippe 5 has five toggle switches (“vippe” is Norwegian for toggle). The mount under the desk is called Brage Skinne. The name comes from Bragi, the god of poetry in Norse mythology.
Brage Vippe 5: technical specifications
- Switches
- 5 metal toggle switches (KN3C-101), on/off, stay in position
- Enclosure
- 3D printed, hangs under the desk on Brage Skinne
- Computer
- ESP32-WROOM DevKit with USB-C
- Power
- 5 V USB-C
- Firmware
- ESPHome. Updated wirelessly (OTA)
- Smart home
Home Assistant on the local network. 
Homey via Home Assistant- In Home Assistant
- Five switches (Vippe 1–5), Wi-Fi signal, uptime, IP address and restart
- Safety
- The switches only carry a 3.3 V signal
- Cloud and account
- None
- Status
- Prototype. The case has not been printed, and nothing has been tried on hardware yet
- Price
- Not for sale
Not for sale yet
There are no finished units to buy yet. Leave your name and email, and I will let you know if there is a small batch or a kit.