PCF8575 I/O expander and ESP8266 examples

This 16-bit I/O expander for the two-line bidirectional bus (I2C) is designed for 2.5-V to 5.5-V VCC operation. The PCF8575 device provides general-purpose remote I/O...
ESP8266 and LTR390 layout

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...

Control a Wemos using an application on your PC

In this example we will control an RGB led connected to our Wemos Mini from an application running on our PC. In this example...
ESP8266 and VCNL4010 layout

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...

Goouuu-S1 ESP8266 RGB led examples

In a previous post we looked at the Goouuu-S1 ESP8266 , on the board you will have seen that there is an RGB led The board uses...

ESP8266 and MLX90393 magnetic field sensor example

The MLX90393 magnetic field sensor can be reprogrammed to different modes and with different settings at run-time. The sensor offers a 16-bit output proportional...

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...

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...

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...

MPL3115A2 pressure sensor and ESP8266

The MPL3115A2 is a compact, piezoresistive, absolute pressure sensor with an I2C digital interface. MPL3115A2 has a wide operating range of 20 kPa to...

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...

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...

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...

Wemos and Soil Moisture Sensor example

In this article, we are going to interface a Soil moisture sensor with an ESP8266. This sensor measures the volumetric content of water inside...

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...

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...