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Internet of Things with ESP8266

You're reading from   Internet of Things with ESP8266 Build amazing Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468024
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Preface 1. Getting Started with the ESP8266 2. First Projects with the ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER 3. Cloud Data Logging with the ESP8266 4. Control Devices from Anywhere 5. Interacting With Web Services 6. Machine-to-Machine Communications 7. Sending Notifications from the ESP8266 8. Controlling a Door Lock from the Cloud 9. Building a Physical Bitcoin Ticker 10. Wireless Gardening with the ESP8266 11. Cloud-Based Home Automation System 12. Cloud-Controlled ESP8266 Robot 13. Building Your Own Cloud Platform to Control ESP8266 Devices Index

Hardware configuration

We are now going to assemble the different parts of this project. First, we are going to configure the motion sensor module. For this first module, after placing the ESP8266 board on the breadboard, connect the VCC pin of the sensor to VCC, GND to GND, and finally the OUT pin of the sensor to pin number 5 of the ESP8266.

This is the final result for this module:

Hardware configuration

Let's now deal with the temperature and humidity module. Place the sensor on the breadboard, and then connect the first pin to VCC, the second pin to pin number 5 of the ESP8266 board, and finally the last pin of the sensor to GND.

This is the final result for this module:

Hardware configuration

Let's now assemble the LED dimmer module. Here, we are going to use a simple LED as the output, but you can of course use this as the starting point of a module to control more LEDs in your home, or even lamps.

To connect the LED to the ESP8266, simply place the LED in series with the 330 Ohm resistor on the breadboard, the longest...

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