ESP8266 and BMP280 sensor example
BMP280 is an absolute barometric pressure sensor especially designed for mobile applications. The sensor module is housed in an extremely compact package. Its small...
Max7219 8×8 LED matrix example
The MAX7219/MAX7221 are compact, serial input/output common-cathode display drivers that interface microprocessors (µPs) to 7-segment numeric LED displays of up to 8 digits, bar-graph...
ESP8266 and Stepper motor example
In this example we will show a basic stepper motor example, we use a driver board that can be bought on many sites which...
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...
Goouuu-S1 ESP8266 RGB led examples
In a previous post we looked at the Goouuu-S1 ESP8266 , on the board you will have seen that there is an RGB led
The board uses...
Wemos and reed switch example
The reed switch is an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It consists of a pair of contacts on ferrous metal reeds...
The Wemos PIR shield
A new wemos shield and this time its based on a passive infrared sensor
An overview of a PIR
A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is...
Wemos and DHT11 example in Micropython
In this example we look at a DHT11 example in Micropython for an ESP8266. Once again we use uPyCraft and again we use Wemos...
VL53L0X Time-of-Flight sensor and ESP8266
The VL53L0X is a new generation Time-of-Flight (ToF) laser-ranging module housed in the smallest package on the market today, providing accurate distance measurement whatever...
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 BMI160 sensor example
The BMI160 is a small, low power, low noise 16-bit inertial measurement unit designed for use in mobile applications like augmented reality or indoor...
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...
SHT40 Temperature & Humidity Sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a SHT40 Temperature & Humidity Sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First lets look at...
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...
ESP8266 and MMA7660 accelerometer example
The MMA7660FC is a digital output I²C, very low-power, low-profile capacitive micro-machined accelerometer featuring a low pass filter, compensation for zero-g offset and gain...
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...