ESP8266 and DS1624 sensor example

The DS1624 consists of two separate functional units: a 256-byte nonvolatile E2 memory and a direct-to-digital temperature sensor. The nonvolatile memory is made up of...

Wemos and LX1972 light sensor example

The LX1972 is a low cost silicon light sensor with spectral response that closely emulates the human eye. Patented circuitry produces peak spectral response...

PCF8575 I/O expander and ESP8266 examples

This 16-bit I/O expander for the two-line bidirectional bus (I2C) is designed for 2.5-V to 5.5-V VCC operation. The PCF8575 device provides general-purpose remote I/O...

TSL2561 Luminosity Sensor example

The TSL2560 and TSL2561 are second-generation ambient light sensor devices. Each contains two integrating analog-to-digital converters (ADC) that integrate currents from two photodiodes. Integration...

Wemos and ADS1015 example

The ADS1015 is a precision analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with 12 bits of resolution offered in an ultra-small, leadless QFN-10 package or an MSOP-10 package. The...

The Wemos IR controller shield

In this small article we take a look at the IR controller shield, this is a shield which can act as an IR receiver...

Wemos and Barometric Pressure Shield example

In this article we look at a relatively new shield for the Wemos/Lolin products - this is a Barometric Pressure shield based on a HP303B. Here...

Wemos and Max6675 example

In this example we take a look at the MAX6675 Cold-Junction-Compensated K-Thermocouple-to-Digital Converter The MAX6675 performs cold-junction compensation and digitizes the signal from a type-K thermocouple....

ESP8266 and HDC1080 humidity and temperature sensor

The HDC1080 is a digital humidity sensor with integrated temperature sensor that provides excellent measurement accuracy at very low power. The HDC1080 operates over...

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...
ESP8266 and TSL2591 layout

TSL2591 light-to-digital converter and ESP8266 example

In this article we look at another light-to-digital converter - this time its the TSL2591 and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini First...

VEML6075 ultraviolet (UV) light sensor and ESP266

The VEML6075 senses UVA and UVB light and incorporates photodiode, amplifiers, and analog / digital circuits into a single chip using a CMOS process....

A look at SHA-1 and ESP8266

Description In cryptography, SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) is a cryptographic hash function which takes an input and produces a 160-bit (20-byte) hash value known...

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...

Wemos and SHT31

SHT31 is the next generation of Sensirion’s temperature and humidity sensors. It builds on a new CMOSens® sensor chip that is at the heart of...

Wemos mini and OLED shield bitcoin ticker

In this example we will display the price in USD of 1 bitcoin, the data is taken from coindesk's API and displayed on an...