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ESP8266 Peripherals

ESP8266 Periphery: CJMCU-530 ToF Distance Sensor

Daniel Eichhorn on 1. April 2017
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The CJMCU-530 is a breakout module featuring the VL53L0X by ST Microelectronics which is a laser-ranging sensor for distances of up to 200cm. The module works without problems with the ESP8266 which makes it an interesting option for your next IoT project.

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ESP8266 Peripherals: 2.7″ ePaper display

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 24. February 2017
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This post describes how to connect the 2.7″ ePaper display development module from Embedded Artists to the ESP8266. ePapers are very interesting in the IoT field since they only require power during the update. Depending on the type of display they can then maintain the image …

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ESP8266 Peripherals: 5$ RCW-0001 Ultrasonic Range Sensor

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 15. August 2016
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There are many applications for distance measuring: in robotic as a cheap way to sense the environment and detect obstacles, in IoT applications to measure fill levels of containers containing food and in alarm systems to detect intruders – to name just a few.

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ESP8266: SSD1306 Oled Library Release

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 5. June 2016
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The “ESP8266 OLED SSD1306″ is an open source library which allows you to control those pretty OLED modules from our beloved ESP8266 module. Fabrice Weinberg cleaned up all the ugly pieces of code which I initially wrote caused by my near C/C++ illiteracy. He also added support for …

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ESP8266 Peripherals: Indoor Positioning with IR Camera

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 28. May 2016
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DF Robot IR Camera Sensor

The sensor I’m going to talk about here is a very powerful one. And you actually might have a very similar one in your home somewhere. The DF Robot Positioning IR Camera uses the same or similar module that is built into the Nintendo Wiimote …

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ESP8266 Peripherals: Mini PIR Motion Sensor

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 14. May 2016
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  The ESP8266 is all about Internet of Things, right? So lets start sensing something in the real world! What about (human) presence in your apartment? There are various ways to do that but one of the most common type is sensing with pyro electric sensors …

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ESP8266 Peripherals: uBlox GPS Module

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 7. May 2016
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Almost 20 years ago when I studied a few semesters of electrical engineering at the famous ETH in Zurich I had a lecture about the basics of digital electronics. And I remember the professor doing many practical demonstrations such as drilling holes into a CD …

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ESP8266 Peripherals: KY-040 Rotary Encoder

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 4. May 2016
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The ESP8266 took the hearts of the IoT and Do-It-Yourself community by storm, due the very attractive price, its internet connectivity and due to the relatively rich amount of available GPIO pins. But an internet connected device is not worth much without means to interact with …

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ESP8266: NodeMCU Motor Shield Review

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 12. September 2015
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If you want to engage with your ESP8266 into robotics there is now an almost ready-to-go solution: the NodeMCU Motor Shield. If my research is correct then it was the Doctors of Intelligence & Technology (http://doit.am/) who created it and also are offering some LUA …

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ESP8266/Arduino: MAX7219 8×8 Led Matrix Library

blank Daniel Eichhorn on 16. April 2015
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Twice a year the company I work for (Netcetera) organizes a retreat for programmers, usually in the mountains. In the Spring issue this year we went to a resort in a beautiful mountain region. Inspired by the wonderful landscape I managed to write a library …

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