ESP8266 and TCS34725 Color Sensor

The TCS3472 device provides a digital return of red, green, blue (RGB), and clear light sensing values. An IR blocking filter, integrated on-chip and...

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...

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 bmp180 sensor example

This bmp180 from Bosch is the best low-cost sensing solution for measuring barometric pressure and temperature. The sensor is soldered onto a PCB with...

Sampling analog data

Sampling sata is particularly useful for analog sensors such as an LDR or a thermistor. Another good example is one of the MQ gas...

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...

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...

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...

VEML6040 color sensor and ESP8266

VEML6040 color sensor senses red, green, blue, and white light and incorporates photodiodes, amplifiers, and analog / digital circuits into a single chip using...

WS2812B RGB SHIELD for WeMos D1 mini examples

In this example we look at a new wemos shield (for us anyway), this is called the RGB shield and as you might expect...

Wemos mini DS18B20 temperature sensor example

The DS18B20 is a  temperature sensor that can be used in various simple projects.  This part uses the 1 wire (I2C) bus and you can...

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...

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...

Wemos Mini and DHT Pro example

In this example we connect the DHT22 Single Bus Digital Temperature Humidity Sensor (DHT Pro shield) to our Wemos Mini , you can see this...

Wemos Mini WS2812b example

The WS2812 family is a intelligent control LED light source that the control circuit and RGB chip are integrated in a package of 5050...

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...