In this guide, you’ll learn how to make HTTPS requests with the ESP8266 NodeMCU board. We’ll introduce you to some HTTPS fundamental concepts and provide several examples: HTTPS requests without …
In this guide, you’ll learn how to send messages to your WhatsApp account with the ESP8266 NodeMCU board. This can be useful to receive notifications from the ESP8266 with sensor …
New to the ESP8266? Start here! The ESP8266 is a Wi-Fi System on a Chip (SoC) produced by Espressif Systems. It’s great for IoT and Home Automation projects. This article …
In this guide, you’ll learn how to control the ESP8266 GPIOs from anywhere using Firebase. We’ll create nodes on the Firebase Realtime Database to save the current GPIO states. Whenever …
This guide will get you started quickly with InfluxDB using the ESP8266 board. InfluxDB is an open-source time series database (TSDB). So, it is ideal to store sensor data with …
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a scale with the ESP8266 NodeMCU using a load cell and the HX711 amplifier. First, you’ll learn how to wire the load …
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to install the ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader Plugin in your Arduino IDE to upload files to the ESP8266 NodeMCU filesystem. If you want to …
In this guide, you’ll learn how to use a TDS meter (Total Dissolved Solids) with an ESP8266 NodeMCU board. A TDS meter indicates the total dissolved solids like salts, minerals, …
In this guide, you’ll learn how to read temperature using a K-Type Thermocouple with the MAX6675 amplifier with the ESP8266 NodeMCU board. A K-type thermocouple is a type of temperature …
The BH1750 is a 16-bit ambient light sensor. In this guide, you’ll learn how to use the BH1750 ambient light sensor with the ESP8266 NodeMCU board using Arduino IDE. The …
In this guide, you’ll learn how to log data with the ESP8266 NodeMCU to the Firebase Realtime Database with timestamps (data logging) so that you have a record of your …
In this guide, you’ll create and set up a Wi-Fi Manager with the ESPAsyncWebServer library that you can modify to use with your web server projects or with any project …
In this article, we’re going to introduce you to the MQTT protocol. MQTT stands for Message Queuing Telemetry Transport.
Learn how to build a web server with the ESP8266 NodeMCU to display sensor readings in gauges. As an example, we’ll display temperature and humidity from a BME280 sensor in …