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...
I2C Scanner
This is a basic example which will display via the serial monitor the address of any devices connected to your Wemos.
Its the same as...
LTR390 UV Light Sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a LTR390 UV Light Sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First lets look at the...
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)...
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 ....
MLX90615 infrared thermometer and ESP8266 example
The MLX90615 is a miniature infrared thermometer for non-contact temperature measurements. Both the IR sensitive thermopile detector chip and the signal conditioning ASIC are...
Wemos and 4067 example
The 4067 was one of the IC's that I wanted to connect up to various microcontrollers as it looked extremely useful, here is a quick...
Wemos Mini and a TTP223 Capacitive Touch Sensor
In this example we will connect a TTP223 Capacitive Touch Sensor to our Wemos Mini. The TTP223 is a touch pad detector IC which offers 1...
Using a BMP384 pressure sensor with an ESP8266
In this article we look at a temperature and pressure sensor, the BMP384 pressure sensor from Bosch Sensortec, and connect it to an ESP8266...
ESP8266 and MCP23017 example
The is a 16-bit, general purpose parallel I/O port expander for I2C bus applications.
The 16-bit I/O port functionally consists of two 8-bit ports (PORTA...
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 force sensitive resistor example
A force-sensing resistor is a material whose resistance changes when a force or pressure is applied.
Force-sensing resistors consist of a conductive polymer, which changes...
Using a 74HC595 shift register with the Wemos
Sometimes in your projects you simply do not have enough I/O lines available, take for example a lot of the multiple LED examples, these...
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,...
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...
TM1637 7 segment display example
A common display module that you can buy on the internet contain the Tm1638 driver chip, I was interested in this one which is the...