Creating a smart watering system allows you to keep plants healthy with little effort. This setup uses a soil moisture sensor to detect dryness, automatically activating a pump to water the plants only when needed. This keeps soil moisture consistent, preventing both under- and over-watering—perfect for managing multiple plants without daily care. The core components…
The “ESP8266 Button-Controlled Water Pump” is an excellent project to create an efficient and effective system. It uses an ESP8266 microcontroller, a tactile button, a relay, silicon tubing, a water pump, and a breadboard. These components work together to allow easy control of the water pump. It creates an easy-to-use water pump control system that…
The “ESP8266 Fan Controller and LCD Display” designed to control a fan using a microcontroller. A tactile button is used to turn the fan on and off. While an LCD display shows the current status of the fan. This setup makes it simple for anyone to use, offering a modern solution for fan control. This…
The ESP8266 RFID-Based Security System with Servo is a security system. It enables a reliable and customizable solution based on RFID technology and servo motor control. This system designs to access authorized user only. It enables the system to read RFID tags and switch on the servo motor based on the tag authorization status. The integration of…
In this guide, I’ll show you how to build an ESP8266 Toggle Lock System. It lets you create a simple, remote-controlled lock for your door. For example, you can unlock or lock it with just the press of a button. As a result, it improves security and accessibility for homes and businesses. In addition, the…
In this tutorial, we are going to design a mobile platform that displays DHT data from an ESP8266 using the Blynk smartphone application. Blynk Blynk is a smartphone application that connects any hardware to the cloud. It lets you design an interactive interface to control and manage a myriad of hardware platforms, including Arduino, ESP266/ESP32,…
Espressif Systems has developed its own wireless protocol for its ESPx series of chips. It boasts a fast wireless connection without needing to connect to a WiFi network. Join me as we both discover what it’s capable of! Introduction The need for fast data transmission stems from the fact that smart devices usually rely on…
If you’re looking for a lightweight IoT communication protocol, and a server that is completely free that supports it, then sit tight! In this tutorial, we are going to create an MQTT broker using Adafruit IO and NodeMCU. Introduction In the previous article Creating an Adafruit IO dashboard using ESP8266, we’ve sent HTTP requests from…
Gone are the days of plain data visualization! In this tutorial, we are going to create a temperature and humidity Adafruit IO dashboard using NodeMCU. Introduction So far we have discussed three topics about ESP8266. On one of them, we made a simple web server that displays the real-time temperature and humidity of a room….
If this tutorial is what you’ve been looking for, then that is cool! Sorry, I can’t help myself. In this tutorial, we explore IFTTT functions using an ESP8266. IFTT IFTTT, also known as If This Then That, is a free web platform that allows devices to do specific things such as composing an email, posting…
