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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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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with the ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER 2. First Projects with the ESP8266 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

Controlling the LED from a cloud dashboard

It's nice to be able to control an LED from your web browser, but what we really want is to be able to control it from a nice graphical interface, from anywhere in the world.

This is exactly what we are going to do in this section, by using a service called the aREST dashboard. We will actually use it not only to control the LED, but also to dim the LED using a slider, right from your browser.

If it's not been done yet, create an account at:

http://dashboard.arest.io/

You should be able to create a new dashboard from the main interface:

Controlling the LED from a cloud dashboard

Now, inside the dashboard, we are going to create a new element to control and dim the LED.

Create a dashboard element of the Analog type, and also insert the ID of the device you want to control. Also don't forget to set the pin to 5:

Controlling the LED from a cloud dashboard

You should instantly see the newly created element inside the dashboard:

Controlling the LED from a cloud dashboard

Now, try the slider that you just created:

Controlling the LED from a cloud dashboard

You should notice that whenever you move this slider and...

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