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Door Status Monitor using the ESP8266

“In this project youre going to monitor the status of a door using an ESP8266. The goal of this project is to show the endless possibilities that this $4 WiFi module offers when integrates with a free platform that Im …

DS18b20 Temperature Sensor As a Thermostat

“This Instructable shows how I built the thermostat for my home-assistant using an ESP8266 and MQTT with a DS18b20 temperature sensor.”

Task: The Ambient Planner

“Welcome to my first Instructable; Task: The Ambient Planner! I believe smartphones and social media lead us to feel overwhelmed and overloaded by the amount of detailed information we consume each day. Add in the fact that some jobs expect …

Burglar Alarm System

“I had a “brand name” burglar alarm system installed in this house many years ago, but when I switched my phone system to use VOIP over my internet, the phone connection to the alarm system was disconnected and it was …

Control ESP8266 over the internet (from anywhere)

“There are but a few things better than (succesfully) programming and using your Arduino. Surely one of those things is using your ESP8266 as an Arduino with WiFi! In this instructable I will show you an EASY way to get …

ESP8266 based Irrigation Controller

“In the past couple of months, I’ve taken interest in the popular ESP8266 wifi enable uC. I’ve also wanted for a long time to start designing PCBs, so I decided to mix both interests and build an irrigation …

ESP8266 Firmata-J5 NodeBot

“The ESP8266 is a WIFI-enabled SoC available in many shapes and forms. It usually comes with nodemcu firmware which runs on lua script. Most of us just flash it using the arduino core provided by the Esp8266 community themselves …

Remote Temperature Monitoring Using MQTT and ESP8266 Modules

“If you want to monitor some remote temperatures this Instructable will show you can do this by using some ESP8266 modules, MQTT (with a broker), LCD screen (for local monitoring), home-assistant (for local and remote monitoring), and of cause some …

Chasis de Robot con Orugas Impresas en 3D

“This is the first step to build a robot tank (by chain traction, no weapons). Open source, and in order that it can be used in all kinds of applications, such as education, design experimentation and exploration.”

Mains Voltage Relay Test Jig

“For some reason I always end up needing a reason to switch a mains powered device with a microcontroller so I decided to finally make a test jig with some spare parts I have lying around. Hopefully this will be …