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...
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 bme280 temperature sensor example
The BME280 is a great new chip which was originally designed for the next generation of smartphones. It is made up of a very...
ESP8266 and BMA250 acceleration sensor example
The BMA250E is an advanced, ultra-small, triaxial, low-g acceleration sensor with digital interfaces, aiming for low-power consumer electronics applications. Featuring 10 bit digital resolution,...
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...
Wemos and MAG3110 magnetometer
Freescale’s MAG3110 is a small, low-power, digital 3-axis magnetometer. The device can be used in conjunction with a 3-axis accelerometer to realize an orientation...
TSL2561 Luminosity Sensor example
The TSL2560 and TSL2561 are second-generation ambient light sensor devices. Each contains two integrating analog-to-digital converters (ADC) that integrate currents from two photodiodes. Integration...
VCNL4010 light sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at another acceleration sensor - this time its the VCNL4010 and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First...
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...
Read and write to the eeprom on the ESP8266
Description
The ESP8266 has 512 bytes of internal EEPROM, this could be useful if you need to store some settings, such as an IP address...
MCP4725 Digital-to-Analog Converter example
MCP4725 is a single channel, 12-bit, voltage output Digital-to-Analog Converter with integrated EEPROM and an I2C Compatible Serial Interface.
Again the easiest way to interface...
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...
ESP8266 and Si7021 temperature sensor example
The Si7021 I2C Humidity and Temperature Sensor is a monolithic CMOS IC integrating humidity and temperature sensor elements, ...
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...
Wemos and dust sensor example
Sharp's GP2Y1010AU0F is an optical air quality sensor it is designed to sense dust particles. An infrared emitting diode and a phototransistor are diagonally...
ESP8266 and DS18B20 sensor and MIcropython example
In this example we look at a DS18b20 example in Micropython for an ESP8266. Once again we use uPyCraft and again we use Wemos...