Using a LTR-303 Ambient Light sensor with an ESP8266
In this article we look at an Ambient Light sensor, the LTR-303 and connect it to an ESP8266 board - a Wemos D1 Mini...
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...
Wemos OLED shield example
In this example we look at another terrific little low cost shield for the Wemos mini, this time its the OLED shield. Lets look...
Wemos and PCF8591 example
The PCF8591 is a monolithically integrated, and a separate power supply, low-power, 8-bit CMOS data acquisition devices. The PCF8591 has the four analog inputs,...
Wemos Mini and LIS3MDL magnetic field sensor example
In this article we look at another sensor - this time its the LIS3MDL which is a 3-axis MEMS magnetic field sensor, digital output,...
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...
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...
Wemos and DS3231 RTC example
The DS3231 is a low-cost, extremely accurate I2C real-time clock (RTC) with an integrated temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) and crystal.
The device incorporates a battery...
PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First lets look at the sensor
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...
VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First lets look at the sensor
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...
BME680 environment sensor and ESP8266 example
In this article we will connect a BME680 sensor to an ESP8266 - as usual we will use a Wemos Mini
BME680 is an integrated...
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...
ESP8266 and LPS22HB absolute pressure sensor example
In this article we look at another absolute pressure sensor - this time its the LPS22HB
Once again lets look at this sensor from the...
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...