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...

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...

GA1A12S202 light sensor example

In this example we will connect a GA1A12S202 Log-Scale Analog Light Sensor to an Arduino. The features of this sensor are as follows Output voltage increases...

Wemos Mini and I2C LCD example

Sometimes a nice big LCD is useful for your projects, in this example we will interface to an I2C LCD using our ESP32. Now...

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 and a MQ-135 sensor

MQ-135 gas sensor is a hazardous gas detection apparatus for the family, the environment, suitable for ammonia, aromatic compounds, sulfur, benzene vapor, smoke and other...

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...

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...
ESP8266 and VEML7700 layout

VEML7700 lux sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE

In this article we look at a ambient light digital 16-bit resolution sensor - this time its an VEML7700. As per usual we will...

Si1145 sensor and ESP8266 example

Another sensor reaches the desk, this time it is a Si1145 sensor, we will connect it to an ESP8266 and test it out The Si1145/46/47...

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...

Interfacing an AD keypad module to your Wemos

I purchased this module as part of a microcontroller kit, its an interesting little module as it has 16 buttons but with only 1 I/O...

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 HDC1008 sensor example

The HDC1000 is a digital humidity sensor with integrated temperature sensor that provides excellent measurement accuracy at very low power. The device measures humidity...

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...

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...