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...
BH1750FVI Ambient Light Sensor example
The BH1750FVI is an digital Ambient Light Sensor IC for I2C bus interface. This IC is the most suitable to obtain the ambient light...
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...
Wemos RGB led example
In this example we will connect an RGB led to our Wemos MIni, lets look at RGB leds first
RGB LEDs consist of one red,...
AHT20 Temperature & Humidity Sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE
In this article we look at a AHT20 Temperature & Humidity Sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini
First lets look at...
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...
Wemos Mini and MMA8451 accelerometer
The MMA8451 is a low-power accelerometer with 14 bits of resolution, with the following features:
Embedded functions with flexible user-programmable options, configurable to two interrupt...
ESP8266 and RFID-RC522 module example
In this example we will connect an RFID-RC522 module and connect to a Wemos Mini
The microcontroller and card reader uses SPI for communication ....
SHTC1 digital humidity sensor and ESP8266 example
In this article we look at another digital humidity sensor - this time its the SHTC1 and we will connect it to a Wemos...
MPL3115A2 pressure sensor and ESP8266
The MPL3115A2 is a compact, piezoresistive, absolute pressure sensor with an I2C digital interface. MPL3115A2 has a wide operating range of 20 kPa to...
A quick look at the Wemos TFT 2.4 Touch Shield
This is a 2.4 inch TFT shield for a Wemos, its a large shield thats more than twice the size of a D1 mini...
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...
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...
SHT20 temperature and humidity sensor and ESP8266
The SHT2x series consists of a low-cost version with the SHT20 humidity sensor. the SHT2x provides calibrated, linearized sensor signals in digital, I2C format....
ESP8266 and Ambient light Shield example
This was another new shield for the Wemos called the Ambient light Shield , this time its based around the BH1750FVI digital Ambient Light Sensor
Lets...
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)...