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 and LX1972 light sensor example

The LX1972 is a low cost silicon light sensor with spectral response that closely emulates the human eye. Patented circuitry produces peak spectral response...

ESP8266 and Ambient light Shield example

This was another new shield for the Wemos called the Ambient light Shield , this time its based around the BH1750FVI digital Ambient Light Sensor Lets...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 US-026 Ultrasonic Detector example

In this article we look an ultrasonic module that works well with a Wemos Mini in that it will work with 3.3v. The US-026 is...

Connecting a basic Touch sensor

This example shows how to interface a basic touch sensor to our Wemos Mini (esp8266), this sensor came as part of a kit of...

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...

Wemos and LIS2DH three-axis linear accelerometer example

The LIS2DH is an ultra low-power high performance three-axis linear accelerometer belonging to the “femto” family, with digital I2C/SPI serial interface standard output. The LIS2DH...

ESP8266 and GY-21P module example

This module  combines a BMP280 sensor and an SI7021 sensor. The on-board BMP280+SI7021 sensor measures atmospheric pressure from 30kPa to 110kPa as well as...

Wemos Mini DH11 shield example

I like the Wemos Mini and when I saw that there were some shields I decided to purchase some of them, in this first...

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...

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...