Category Archives: Home Automation

WLED – Macros

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Edwin

I have been using the “WLED” project running on an ESP8266 to power a strip of individually controlled LEDs in my house. It works pretty well, except I don’t like have to use the web interface to turn it on … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 – Part II – Temp/Humidity Sensor

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Edwin

So my goal in this project is to create a network of temperature and humidity sensors, using the ESP8266’s. To facilitate this I purchases a pack of these sensors: These were the specific ones I bought: https://www.amazon.com/HiLetgo-Temperature-Humidity-Arduino-Raspberry/dp/B01DKC2GQ0/ Here is the … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 – Part I – Initial Setup and Configuration

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Edwin

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED – SEE BELOW. I was recently sent a NodeMCU ESP8266 by some rando on the Internet. According to Wikipedia “the ESP8266 is a low-cost Wi-Fi microchip with full TCP/IP stack and microcontroller capability.” It’s basically … Continue reading →

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