Content for ESP8266

Solar power meter

“Solar power meter measures the voltage, current and power of my 40W solar panel. On the PCB are two electrolytic capacitors, connectors, 3.3V stabilizer, ESP-01, voltage and current sensor INA219. OLED display is screwed to the box. The …

How to Flash ESP-01 Firmware to the Improved SDK v2.0.0

“The success of the ESP8266 from Espressif Systems is undeniable. It is a powerful microcontroller with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities and is readily adaptable to a multitude of uses in the rapidly growing IoT (Internet of Things). One of the few …

Make an LED Arrow Sign with RasPiO InsPiRing

“One of the interesting usage possibilities for the RasPiO InsPiRing system is illuminated signage. What could be better than flashy, blinky, multi-coloured signage? Well, not much really? So I decided to make an arrow out of two straight 8s and …

Wifi Controlled Car / IOT Bot

“In this Instructable, you will learn to make a WiFi Controlled Car and also to make an App for it(without coding). You will need no prior knowledge on App making . The knowledge gained from this project can also be …

ESP8266 + L298N Motor Drive + Smartphone

“This document is about my attempt to control an Arduino robot with L298N motor drive and AI-Thinker ESP8266. This robot was named UTFPRBot version 1.0. This project explains how to create this Arduino robot. Also, I describe my …

ESP8266 WiFi Analyzer

“This instrucatables show how to make an ESP8266 version WiFi Analyzer clone. WiFi Analyzer is a handy app in Android, it help to visualize the WiFi signal information around you. It is very useful for helping select a right channel …

IoT Made Simple: Home Weather Station With NodeMCU and OLED

“Let’s continuous our IoT exploration, with the NodeMCU. On this tutorial, we will develop a Home Weather Station, where we will display outdoor information as temperature and climate conditions including the present day and a 3 days forecast. Our …

Tiny ESP8266 Breakout Board

“This is a tiny ESP8266 breakout board. I made it because the small breakouts I bought took up the entire breadboard and didn’t include basic pullup/pulldown resistors.”

AiLight – A hackable RGBW light bulb

“Some weeks ago a tweet by Manolis Nikiforakis (@niki511) with the #ESP8266 hashtag drew my attention. Manolis had just received a “smart lamp” branded by Ai-Thinker, the AiLight. Yes, the same Ai-Thinker that has sold millions of ESP8266 based modules …

Arduino Traffic Display Using Google Maps API

“In this instructable I’m going to show you how to make a Arduino device that gets traffic data from the Google Maps API and displays it to a screen and will also set the colour of a RGB LED …