RedBear Duo: A small and powerful Wi-Fi + BLE IoT board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/redbear-duo-a-small-and-powerful-wi-fi-ble-iot-board/
A thumb-sized, Particle-powered, Cloud-connected IoT board with Wi-Fi + BLE that supports Arduino, JavaScript and soon Python too! The Duo is a thumb-size development board designed to simplify the process of building Internet of Things (IoT) products. The Duo provides everything you need—Wi-Fi, BLE and a powerful Cloud backend, all in a compact form factor […]
ESP8266 – 5$ internet connected switch
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-5-internet-connected-switch/
EasyIoT @ instructables.com shows us how to build an Internet connected switch using ESP8266 Wifi module and EasyIoT Cloud service. In this tutorial we will show how to build WiFi internet connected switch connected to EasyIoT Cloud. We will use ESP8266, solid state relay and Arduino IDE. Switch can be controlled by WEB application, native Android […]
Control Loop Challenges of Wireless Systems
https://www.electronics-lab.com/control-loop-challenges-of-wireless-systems/
Automation is defined as using various control systems to operate equipment such that there is minimal human intervention. Closed control loops (feedback systems) regulate how other systems or devices behave by taking into consideration their output and making corrections based on feedback. An example of this feedback system is Progressive Automation Linear Actuators. In this […]
DIY WiFi gas detector with text alerts
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-wifi-gas-detector-with-text-alerts/
Stefan over at Hackster.io has written an article detailing his DIY Wi-Fi gas detector that sends SMS alerts: Hey guys, back with another little project that I’ve been fiddling with for the past week. With kids around, every parent is thinking how to make their home safer for the little ones and for everybody in […]
Arduino based MPPT solar charge controller
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-based-mppt-solar-charge-controller/
by Abid Jamal @ electronicslovers.com: what is Mppt( Maximum power point tracking) ? “we use MPPT algorithm to get the maximum available power from the Photovoltaic module under certain conditions” How MPPT works ? Why 150W solar panel does not equal to 150 w? For example you bought a new solar panel from the market which puts […]
Arduino WiFi Shield 101 is on sale
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-wifi-shield-101-is-on-sale/
by Zoe Romano @ blog.arduino.cc: We are excited to announce that Arduino Wifi Shield 101 developed with Atmel is now available for purchase on the Arduino Store US (49.90$). Arduino WiFi Shield 101 is a powerful IoT shield with crypto-authentication that connects your Arduino or Genuino board to the internet wirelessly. Connecting it to a WiFi network […]
nodeLHC – ESP8266 development board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nodelhc-esp8266-development-board/
Pedro Minatel shared us his ESP8266 development board project – nodeLHC: This board was developed at the Campinas Hacker Lab in Brazil during our weekly IoT meetings. This layout and schematic was developed by Leandro Pereira. The idea was to develop a easy to use board and to learn how to use this magnificent WiFi […]
Using Arduino Ide to upload code to ESP8266
https://www.electronics-lab.com/using-arduino-ide-to-upload-code-to-esp8266/
In this video I am uploading a simple blink to two esp8266 development boards. Using Arduino Ide to upload code to ESP8266 – [Link]
ESP8266 remote controlled sockets
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-remote-controlled-sockets/
Rui Santos published a new project, an ESP8266 remote controlled sockets: In this project your’re going to build a web server with an ESP8266 that can control remotely any sockets (safely!). ESP8266 remote controlled sockets – [Link]
WiFi-based Weather Forecast and Clock
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wifi-based-weather-forecast-and-clock/
by soniktech.com: This project is a stopgap on my way to building a ground-up “Internet of Things” base design around the ESP8266 SoC WiFi solution. I started by taking a few nixie tubes I’ve had lying around from a past project, and connecting them to a Nixie Power supply I found on ebay. After making […]