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ESP8266 Internet of Things Cookbook

You're reading from   ESP8266 Internet of Things Cookbook Over 50 recipes to help you master ESP8266 functionality

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288102
Length 268 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring the ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER 2. Your First ESP8266 Projects 3. More ESP8266 Functions 4. Using MicroPython on the ESP8266 5. Cloud Data Monitoring 6. Interacting with Web Services 7. Machine to Machine Interactions Index

Automated light control


In this recipe, we will look at automated light control using M2M. We will work on a project that will turn a light source on or off, depending on the light intensity of the surrounding environment. Two ESP8266 boards will be used to accomplish this. One of them will have a light dependent resistor, and the other will have a relay connected to it.

Getting ready

You will need the following hardware components:

Connect the analog input of the ESP8266 board to an LDR connected to a 10 kΩ resistor in a voltage divider circuit, as shown in the following image. This setup is going to act as the input for the system:

As for the output of the system, connect a relay to GPIO2 of the other ESP8266 board. The connection will be via an NPN transistor such as the 2N222, and a diode...

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