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How to Run Your ESP8266 for Years on a Battery

“For most of the projects I am building with the ESP8266 WiFi chip, I usually don’t care too much about the power consumption aspect. I for example build data loggers that are constantly connected to the mains electricity, and …

IoT Motion Detector With NodeMCU and BLYNK

“This is a very simple tutorial to show how ease is to implement an IoT project with NodeMCU and Blynk. Any time that we a movement is detected by the sensor, a message provide by Blynk is send to a …

LED Holiday Tree With Shared Internet Control

“This project is an ESP8266 powered LED holiday tree. It will run some nice holiday colors if there is no network configured, but if you do configure the WiFi, the colors will be shared live with everyone who makes one …

Localino: Open Source Indoor Location System (Arduino + Decawave)

“This instructable explains how to build an indoor location system with centimeter accuracy for <$ 200 using ultra wideband. do it yourself. Most indoor location systems make use of wifi, bluetooth, wifi fingerprinting etc and show accuracies within several meters. Ultra …

nosdk8266 - Trying to make ESP8266 projects without a big SDK

“There is an awesome little $2 processor called an “ESP8266.” It’s the definitive chip that is bringing the internet of things to life. Ever wonder what the ESP8266 can do without wifi? Well, this project is it! No longer …

Cheap and Easy ESP8266-01 Programming Jig - use with Arduino IDE

“What it does - Makes programming ESP8266-01 module with Arduino IDE easy. Details - This programming jig is easy to construct using a USB to ESP8266 Serial Development Adapter ESP01 board (<$5 on Ebay), 2 tactile buttons, a perf board, and …

Emulate a WeMo device with ESP8266

“My daughters love to talk to (or with) my Amazon Dot in their funny English: “Alexa, hello!, Alexa, li-on!” (actually ‘light on’). It ‘s so easy to use it to switch on/off things at home using the fauxmo python …

ESP8266 Control Servo Node-RED MQTT (Mosquitto) IoT

“This time the integration of ESP8266 and the Node-RED platform has been made integrating an actuator in this case a servo controlled by PWM with rotation from 0 to 180 degrees. From an HMI or SCADA Web creator on …

ESP8266 Soil Moisture Sensor With Arduino IDE

“The ESP8266 is a great piece of electronics. If you like Arduino, you’ll also like the ESP8266. They are small, only require 3.3 volts and best of all they have full WiFi capabilities. The ESP8266 is perfect if …

Home Automation With ESP8266 WiFi Without Using Blynk!

“Firstly, I want to THANK everyone for making me a winner in Automation Contest 2016 for this INSTRUCTABLE. So, as I promised you, here’s the instructable for controlling home appliances with ESP8266 WiFi module. In order to stay on …