A look at SHA-1 and ESP8266

Description In cryptography, SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) is a cryptographic hash function which takes an input and produces a 160-bit (20-byte) hash value known...

Wemos mini bmp180 sensor example

This bmp180 from Bosch is the best low-cost sensing solution for measuring barometric pressure and temperature. The sensor is soldered onto a PCB with...

BH1750FVI Ambient Light Sensor example

The BH1750FVI is an digital Ambient Light Sensor IC for I2C bus interface. This IC is the most suitable to obtain the ambient light...

Wemos and reed switch example

The reed switch is an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It consists of a pair of contacts on ferrous metal reeds...

ESP8266 and RFID-RC522 module example

In this example we will connect an RFID-RC522 module and connect to a Wemos Mini The microcontroller and card reader uses SPI for communication ....

TMP175 digital temperature sensor and ESP8266 example

Another sensor or module to cross our path, this time we will look at the TMP175 digital temperature sensors We will connect one of these up...

ESP8266 and BMI160 sensor example

The BMI160 is a small, low power, low noise 16-bit inertial measurement unit designed for use in mobile applications like augmented reality or indoor...

Wemos Mini and HDC2080 humidity and temperature sensor example

In this article we look at yet another humidity and temperature sensor from TI - this time its the HDC2080 which we will connect...

Interfacing an AD keypad module to your Wemos

I purchased this module as part of a microcontroller kit, its an interesting little module as it has 16 buttons but with only 1 I/O...

ESP8266 and BMP388 barometric pressure sensor

In this article we look at another sensor - it is a BMP388 by Bosch Sensortec, so lets crack on and try this out...

Wemos and TEMT6000 light sensor

TEMT6000X01 ambient light sensor is a silicon NPN epitaxial planar phototransistor in a miniature transparent 1206 package for surface mounting. It is sensitive to...

DPS310 barometric pressure sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE

In this article we look at a DPS310 barometric pressure sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini First lets look at the...

OPT3001 Digital Ambient Light Sensor and ESP8266 example

In this example we will connect an OPT3001 to a Wemos, this sensor measures light intensity - so you can easily create a lux...

ESP8266 and MS5611 barometric pressure sensor example

In this example we look at the MS5611 barometric pressure sensor This barometric pressure sensor is optimized for altimeters and variometers with an altitude resolution of...

A basic NodeMCU and Simba OS example

Ok, I had heard of Simba OS but hadn't managed to try it, as quoted "2Simba is an RTOS and build framework. It aims...

ESP8266 and vibration sensor module

In this example we connect a vibration motor module to an ESP8266. This is the type of motor that you could find in a...