Using a LTR-329 Ambient Light sensor with an ESP8266

In this article we look at an Ambient Light sensor, the LTR-329 and connect it to an ESP8266 board - a Wemos D1 Mini...

Wemos and dust sensor example

Sharp's GP2Y1010AU0F is an optical air quality sensor it is designed to sense dust particles. An infrared emitting diode and a phototransistor are diagonally...

VEML6070 ultraviolet light sensor and ESP8266

In this example we look at an VEML6070 UV sensor and connect it to an Arduino UNO VEML6070 is an advanced ultraviolet (UV) light sensor...
ESP8266 and VCNL4040 layout

VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE

In this article we look at a VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini First lets look at the sensor The...

ESP8266 and Si7021 temperature sensor example

The  Si7021  I2C Humidity  and  Temperature  Sensor  is  a  monolithic  CMOS  IC integrating   humidity   and   temperature   sensor   elements,  ...
ESP8266 and PCT2075 layout

PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter and ESP8266 example using the Arduino IDE

In this article we look at a PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter and we will connect it to a Wemos Mini First lets look at the sensor The...

Using a MMC5603 Triple-axis Magnetometer sensor with an ESP8266

In this article we look at a Triple-axis Magnetometer, the MMC5603 and connect it to an ESP8266 board - a Wemos D1 Mini pro...

Max7219 8×8 LED matrix example

The MAX7219/MAX7221 are compact, serial input/output common-cathode display drivers that interface microprocessors (µPs) to 7-segment numeric LED displays of up to 8 digits, bar-graph...

MCP4725 Digital-to-Analog Converter example

MCP4725 is a single channel, 12-bit, voltage output Digital-to-Analog Converter with integrated EEPROM and an I2C Compatible Serial Interface. Again the easiest way to interface...

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...

ESP8266 and MLX90393 magnetic field sensor example

The MLX90393 magnetic field sensor can be reprogrammed to different modes and with different settings at run-time. The sensor offers a 16-bit output proportional...

Wemos and 4051 LED example

The HCF4051 device is a monolithic integrated circuit fabricated in MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) technology available in SO-16 and PDIP-16 packages. The HCF4051 analog multiplexer/demultiplexer...

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...

A basic NodeMCU and Simba OS example

Ok, I had heard of Simba OS but hadn't managed to try it, as quoted "2Simba is an RTOS and build framework. It aims...

A look at various ESP specific APIs

  Description Some ESP-specific APIs related to deep sleep, RTC and flash memories are available in the ESP object. These may be useful, we have already...

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...