Using a LTR-329 Ambient Light sensor with an ESP8266

In this article we look at an Ambient Light sensor, the LTR-329 and connect it to an ESP8266 board - a Wemos D1 Mini...

ESP8266 and HMC5983 magnetometer example

The Honeywell HMC5983 is a temperature compensated three-axis integrated circuit magnetometer. This surface-mount, multi-chip module is designed for low-field magnetic sensing for applications such...
ESP8266 and VCNL4040 layout

VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE

In this article we look at a VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini First lets look at the sensor The...

Wemos mini MATRIX LED Shield example

A new shield for the Wemos Mini came my way recently, this is called the MATRIX LED Shield - You can find out more...

The Wemos PIR shield

A new wemos shield and this time its based on a  passive infrared sensor An overview of a PIR A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is...
ESP8266 and PCT2075 layout

PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE

In this article we look at a PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini First lets look at the sensor The...

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...

ESP8266 and BMA400 acceleration sensor example

In this article we look at another acceleration sensor - this time its the BMA400 Lets take a look at the sensor and its features Description The...

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...

Wemos and TMP36 example

The TMP35, TMP36, and TMP37 are low voltage, precision centigrade temperature sensors. They provide a voltage output that is linearly proportional to the Celsius...

TMP102 digital sensor and ESP8266 example

In this article we look at the TMP102 digital sensor and we will connect it up to an ESP8266 The TMP102 device is a digital...

Some Neopixel examples

This example takes the Wemos Mini Ws2812B example a bit further on and use an 8 LED Neopixel strip Here is an image of the strip we...

Wemos and PCF8591 example

The PCF8591 is a monolithically integrated, and a separate power supply, low-power, 8-bit CMOS data acquisition devices. The PCF8591 has the four analog inputs,...

SHT20 temperature and humidity sensor and ESP8266

The SHT2x series consists of a low-cost version with the SHT20 humidity sensor. the SHT2x provides calibrated, linearized sensor signals in digital, I2C format....

ESP8266 and LSM6DS3 accelerometer and gyroscope example

The LSM6DS3 is a system-in-package featuring a 3D digital accelerometer and a 3D digital gyroscope performing at 1.25 mA (up to 1.6 kHz ODR)...

Wemos Mini Ws2812B example

In this example we connect a Wemos Ws2812B RGB shield to a Wemos mini, we will then loop through red, green and blue colors   The...