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DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists

You're reading from   DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists The ultimate project-based guide to building real-world embedded applications in C and C++ programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564138
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz
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Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Microcontrollers and Microcontroller Boards 2. Chapter 2: Software Setup and C Programming for Microcontroller Boards FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Turning an LED On or Off Using a Push Button 4. Chapter 4: Measuring the Amount of Light with a Photoresistor 5. Chapter 5: Humidity and Temperature Measurement 6. Chapter 6: Morse Code SOS Visual Alarm with a Bright LED 7. Chapter 7: Creating a Clap Switch 8. Chapter 8: Gas Sensor 9. Chapter 9: IoT Temperature-Logging System 10. Chapter 10: IoT Plant Pot Moisture Sensor 11. Chapter 11: IoT Solar Energy (Voltage) Measurement 12. Chapter 12: COVID-19 Digital Body Temperature Measurement (Thermometer) 13. Chapter 13: COVID-19 Social-Distancing Alert 14. Chapter 14: COVID-19 20-Second Hand Washing Timer 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Coding a program to send the sensed temperature to the internet

Now, we need to develop the software for connecting the temperature sensor to the internet using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi module. Let's begin:

  1. Open the Arduino menu and select Preferences.
  2. Add https://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json to the Additional Boards Manager URLs field. You will need to separate the text with a comma from the link of the STM32 module that we installed in the first chapters.
  3. Install the esp8266 platform. Go to the Tools menu and select Board followed by Boards Manager (see Figure 9.16):
    Figure 9.16 – Installing the esp8266 platform

    Figure 9.16 – Installing the esp8266 platform

  4. Including the libraries will be the first step in the code:
    #include <DallasTemperature.h>
    #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
    #include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
  5. setup() will contain all the programming logic. We need to start the serial data transmission and assign the speed of the transfer (this time we will use 115...
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