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...
ESp8266 and force sensitive resistor example
A force-sensing resistor is a material whose resistance changes when a force or pressure is applied.
Force-sensing resistors consist of a conductive polymer, which changes...
Some Neopixel examples
This example takes the Wemos Mini Ws2812B example a bit further on and use an 8 LED Neopixel strip
Here is an image of the strip we...
Wemos and MMA7455L example
The MMA7455L is a Digital Output (I2C/SPI), low power, low profile capacitive micromachined accelerometer featuring signal conditioning, a low pass filter, temperature compensation, self-test,...
IR Line tracking sensor example
This is another example using a sensor from the 37 sensor kit, this time we use the one called the KY-033 Hunt sensor module,...
Wemos Mini DH11 shield example
I like the Wemos Mini and when I saw that there were some shields I decided to purchase some of them, in this first...
ESP8266 and a BH1745NUC Luminance and Colour Sensor
In this article we look at a BH1745NUC Luminance and Colour Sensor and connect it to a Wemos Mini
First of all lets take a...
Wemos and 4067 example
The 4067 was one of the IC's that I wanted to connect up to various microcontrollers as it looked extremely useful, here is a quick...
Wemos mini MATRIX LED Shield example
A new shield for the Wemos Mini came my way recently, this is called the MATRIX LED Shield - You can find out more...
Control a Wemos using an application on your PC
In this example we will control an RGB led connected to our Wemos Mini from an application running on our PC. In this example...
Using a STTS22H temperature sensor with an ESP8266
In this article we look at a temperature sensor, the STTS22H sensor from ST and connect it to an ESP8266 board
Sensor Information
The STTS22H is...
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...
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...
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...
ESP8266 and L9110 fan module example
In this example we connect an ESp8266 to a dual L9110 fan module. This is a commonly found, basic low cost module which consists...
PCA9685 LED controller and ESP8266 example
In this example we connect a PCA9685 LED controller to an ESP8266
The PCA9685 is an I²C-bus controlled 16-channel LED controller optimized for Red/Green/Blue/Amber (RGBA)...