DIY ISS Tracking Lamp
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-iss-tracking-lamp/
The International Space Station (ISS) is one of greatest feat of engineering achievements by mankind. It is a space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit. The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other fields. The […]
New and Improved Geiger Counter – Now With WiFi!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-improved-geiger-counter-now-wifi/
In one of our previous tutorials, we examined the development of a DIY-Geiger Counter showing the efforts of “Instructable” user Prabhat who combined the ESP8266 with a touch screen display to create a truly intuitive version of his Geiger Counter. He recently created an updated version and today’s tutorial will focus on how this new version […]
Free Elektor Article: A 3-Dollar Tiny Wi-Fi Switch That Works
https://www.electronics-lab.com/free-elektor-article-3-dollar-tiny-wi-fi-switch-works/
Out of curiosity I ordered a tiny ESP8266 relay switch board from aliexpress.com, for next to nothing. Blissfully unaware, then, of the struggle ahead to make the thing work as advertised. I survived and conquered — here’s the story. By Somnath Bera @ elektormagazine.com The little gizmo pictured in Figure 1 was stated by the vendor(s) […]
ANAVI Gas Detector – An ESP8266-powered air quality monitor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/anavi-gas-detector-esp8266-powered-air-quality-monitor/
ANAVI Gas Detector is an ESP8266-powered, open source, Wi-Fi dev board for monitoring air quality and detecting dangerous gases. ANAVI Gas Detector is an ESP8266-powered, open source, Wi-Fi dev board for monitoring air quality and detecting dangerous gases. It supports popular analog MQ gas sensor modules such as MQ-135, MQ-2, MQ-3, etc. Furthermore, it comes […]
Getting Started with ESP32
https://www.electronics-lab.com/getting-started-esp32/
Over the last few articles, we have covered the use of ESP8266 boards for building several WiFi based projects. For today’s tutorial, we will look at it’s recently released successor; the ESP32. As mentioned in previous tutorials, ESP-12e module popularly referred as the nodeMCU came at a time where makers were struggling with the difficulties […]
ESP8266 Weather Monitor with tiny OLED display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-weathermonitor-with-tiny-oled-display/
deantonious @ github.com has shared the Arduino code and PHP api for a simple ESP8266 weather monitor with 128×32 pixel oled display. Not much additional details are given, but we thought worth sharing this interesting mini project. ESP8266 WeatherMonitor with tiny OLED display – [Link]
ESP-WROOM-5C is a Side-Mounted ESP8285 WiFi Module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp-wroom-5c-side-mounted-esp8285-wifi-module/
Seems we don’t have enough ESP8266 or ESP8285 WiFi modules in the market, and based on an FCC listing, we now know that Espressif Systems has been working on another ESP8285 WiFi module – ESP-WROOM-5C – designed to be side-mounted on a PCB. ESP-WROOM-5C specifications: SoC – Espressif Systems ESP8285 Wi-Fi802.11 b/g/n WiFi 4 @ […]
Home Automation using NodeMCU (ESP8266) board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/home-automation-using-nodemcu-esp8266-board/
Home automation refers to the ability of your home to make its own decisions depending on environment conditions and give you the option to control it from a remote location. In one of our previous tutorial on the ESP8266 WiFi Module, we examined how NodeMCU or any of the other ESP8266 based boards can be […]
Split Home Energy Meter features ESP32 with Microchip ATM90E32
https://www.electronics-lab.com/split-single-phase-energy-meter/
Split Single Phase Energy Meter. Affordable remote energy monitoring for your entire home The Split Single Phase Energy Meter can monitor the energy usage in your entire home in real time. It can easily be hooked up to an ESP8266 or ESP32 to wirelessly transmit energy usage data into a program like EmonCMS. It can […]
NodeMCU ESP8266 WebServer Tutorial
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nodemcu-esp8266-webserver-tutorial/
From the Wemos D1 mini to the NodeMCU, the ESP8266 based boards are by far the most popular platform, among makers and hobbyist, for building WiFi based projects due to their low cost and general ease of use. For today’s tutorial, we will continue our exploration of the most popular of the ESP8266 based boards; […]