Wemos Mini and HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor
The HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor uses sonar to determine distance to an object like bats or dolphins do. Ultrasonic ranging module HC-SR04 provides 2cm - 400cm...
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...
ESP8266 and L9110 fan module example
In this example we connect an ESp8266 to a dual L9110 fan module. This is a commonly found, basic low cost module which consists...
PAJ7620 gesture sensor and ESP8266
The PAJ7620 integrates gesture recognition function with general I2C interface into a single chip forming an image analytic sensor system. It can recognize 9...
Wemos Mini and L3GD20 sensor
The L3GD20 is a low-power three-axis angular rate sensor. This is the module I bought for reference
More information can be found at http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/mems-and-sensors/gyroscopes/l3gd20.html about the...
Wemos Mini and MMA8451 accelerometer
The MMA8451 is a low-power accelerometer with 14 bits of resolution, with the following features:
Embedded functions with flexible user-programmable options, configurable to two interrupt...
GA1A12S202 light sensor example
In this example we will connect a GA1A12S202 Log-Scale Analog Light Sensor to an Arduino.
The features of this sensor are as follows
Output voltage increases...
The Wemos IR controller shield
In this small article we take a look at the IR controller shield, this is a shield which can act as an IR receiver...
ADS1115 analog-to-digital converter and ESP8266
The ADS1115 device is a precision, low-power, 16-bit, I2C-compatible, analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) offered in an ultra-small, leadless, X2QFN-10 package, and a VSSOP-10 package. The...
ESP8266 and Stepper motor example
In this example we will show a basic stepper motor example, we use a driver board that can be bought on many sites which...
Wemos Mini and PIR sensor example
In this example we connect a PIR module to a Wemos Mini. A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared...
VEML7700 lux sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a ambient light digital 16-bit resolution sensor - this time its an VEML7700. As per usual we will...
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 ....
ESP8266 Micropython I2C Scanner
This is a simple very short code example in which we show how to create a basic I2CScanner in Micropython using the uPyCraft IDE...
A look at various ESP specific APIs
Description
Some ESP-specific APIs related to deep sleep, RTC and flash memories are available in the ESP object. These may be useful, we have already...
ESP8266 SHT30 shield I2C code example
This example uses the same Wemos SHt30 shield or one of the variants on the internet but tis time we don't use a library,...