ESP8266 and MPU6500 6-axis Motion Tracking device
The MPU-6500 is the company’s second-generation 6-axis Motion Tracking device for smartphones, tablets, wearable sensors, and other consumer markets.
The MPU-6500, delivered in a 3...
Using a MMC5603 Triple-axis Magnetometer sensor with an ESP8266
In this article we look at a Triple-axis Magnetometer, the MMC5603 and connect it to an ESP8266 board - a Wemos D1 Mini pro...
ESP8266 and OLED Micropython example
In this example we show an example written in Micropython using the uPycraft IDE. This time we will be trying out the Wemos OLED...
Wemos and ML8511 example
The ML8511 measures the amount of ultra violet rayses contained in sunlight, and it is used for the equipment which displays the suntan by...
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...
A look at various ESP specific APIs
Description
Some ESP-specific APIs related to deep sleep, RTC and flash memories are available in the ESP object. These may be useful, we have already...
Wemos and TEMT6000 light sensor
TEMT6000X01 ambient light sensor is a silicon NPN epitaxial planar phototransistor in a miniature transparent 1206 package for surface mounting. It is sensitive to...
Wemos Mini and HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor
The HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor uses sonar to determine distance to an object like bats or dolphins do. Ultrasonic ranging module HC-SR04 provides 2cm - 400cm...
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...
DPS310 barometric pressure sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a DPS310 barometric pressure sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First lets look at the...
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 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...
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...
Wemos and DHT Pro shield Micropython example
In this example we look at a DHT PRO example in Micropython for an ESP8266. Once again we use uPyCraft and again we use...
Wemos Mini ADXL345 example
The ADXL345 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16g. Digital output data is formatted...