200+ ESP8266 NodeMCU Projects, Tutorials and Guides with Arduino IDE

The ESP8266 is an affordable development board that combines control of outputs/inputs and Wi-Fi capabilities. It is one of the cheapest solutions on the market for DIY IOT and Home Automation projects. It supports the following peripherals: I/O, SPI, I2C, I2S, SPI, UART and ADC. Additionally, the ESP8266 NodeMCU can be programmed using the Arduino IDE programming environment.

We have more than 200 ESP8266 NodeMCU Tutorials and project ideas as well as a Premium eBook Home Automation using ESP8266. Using the next quick links, you’ll find all our ESP8266 Guides with easy to follow step-by-step instructions. Each tutorial includes circuit schematics, source code, images and videos.

DIY Cloud

ESP8266 Weather Station

View Sensor Readings

ESP8266 PHP Email

Cloud Node-RED Dashboard

Cloud MQTT Broker

Firebase

Firebase Realtime Database

Firebase Web App

Firebase Authentication

Firebase BME280

Firebase Web App Sensor Readings

Modules and Sensors

ESP8266 Relay Module

ESP8266 HC-SR04

ESP8266 Reed Switch

ESP8266 DHT11/DHT22

ESP8266 DS18B20

ESP8266 Mains Voltage

ESP8266 Stepper Motor

ESP8266 I2C Multiplexer

Displays

ESP8266 Nextion

OLED Temperature

Control ESP8266 NodeMCU GPIOs from Anywhere using Firebase

Firebase: Control ESP8266 NodeMCU GPIOs from Anywhere

ESP8266 NodeMCU with Load Cell and HX711 Amplifier (Digital Scale)

ESP8266 NodeMCU with Load Cell and HX711 Amplifier (Digital Scale)

Install ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader in Arduino IDE

Install ESP8266 NodeMCU LittleFS Filesystem Uploader in Arduino IDE

ESP8266 NodeMCU with TDS Sensor Water Quality Sensor Arduino IDE

ESP8266 NodeMCU with TDS Sensor (Water Quality Sensor)

ESP8266 NodeMCU with K-Type Thermocouple with MAX6675 Amplifier

ESP8266 NodeMCU: K-Type Thermocouple with MAX6675 Amplifier

ESP8266 NodeMCU with BH1750 Ambient Light Sensor Arduino IDE Core Programming

ESP8266 NodeMCU with BH1750 Ambient Light Sensor

ESP8266 NodeMCU Data Logging to Firebase Realtime Database

ESP8266 NodeMCU Data Logging to Firebase Realtime Database

ESP8266 NodeMCU Create a Wi-Fi Manager AsyncWebServer library

ESP8266 NodeMCU: Create a Wi-Fi Manager (AsyncWebServer library)

Learn ESP8266

ESP8266 Introduction

ESP8266 Arduino IDE

ESP8266 Arduino IDE 2.0

VS Code and PlatformIO

ESP8266 Inputs Outputs

ESP8266 Analog Inputs

ESP8266 Interrupts Timers

ESP8266 Deep Sleep

Protocols

ESP8266 Web Server

ESP8266 ESP-NOW

ESP8266 WebSocket

ESP8266 ESP-MESH

ESP8266 HTTP GET POST

HTTP GET Web APIs

HTTP POST Web APIs

ESP-NOW One-to-Many

ESP-NOW Many-to-One

ESP-NOW Two-Way

ESP-NOW ESP8266 + ESP32

ESP-NOW + Wi-Fi Web Server

Server-Sent Events

Web Servers

Output Web Server

PWM Slider Web Server

PWM Multiple Sliders Web Server

Async Web Server

Relay Web Server

BME280 Web Server

BME680 Web Server

DS18B20 Web Server

Plot/Chart Web Server

Chart Multiple Series Web Server

SPIFFS Web Server

Thermostat Web Server

Input Fields Web Server

Images Web Server

RGB LED Web Server

Momentary Switch Web Server

Physical Button Web Server

Timer/Pulse Web Server

Gauges Web Server

HTTP Auth Web Server

ESP8266 WiFiManager

Stepper Motor WebSocket

DIY Cloud

ESP8266 Weather Station

View Sensor Readings

ESP8266 PHP Email

Cloud Node-RED Dashboard

Cloud MQTT Broker

Firebase

Firebase Realtime Database

Firebase Web App

Firebase Authentication

Firebase BME280

Firebase Web App Sensor Readings

Modules and Sensors

ESP8266 Relay Module

ESP8266 HC-SR04

ESP8266 Reed Switch

ESP8266 DHT11/DHT22

ESP8266 DS18B20

ESP8266 Mains Voltage

ESP8266 Stepper Motor

ESP8266 I2C Multiplexer

Displays

ESP8266 Nextion

OLED Temperature

MQTT

MQTT Output RPi

MQTT SQLite RPi

MQTT DHT11/DHT22

ESP8266 MPU-6050

Other Projects

ESP8266 Google Sheets

Multisensor Shield

Multisensor Shield Node-RED

ESP8266 Daily Task

ESP8266 Wi-Fi Button

Latching Power Circuit

Telegram Control Outputs

Telegram Sensor Readings

Telegram Detect Motion

Telegram Door Monitor

ESP8266 WebSerial

Useful Guides

ESP8266 Troubleshooting

ESP8266 Access Point

ESP8266 Fixed IP Address

ESP8266 MAC Address

ESP8266 Reconnect Wi-Fi

ESP8266 Hostname

ESP8266 OTA Arduino

ESP8266 OTA VS Code

ESP8266 Solar Panels

ESP8266 Voltage Regulator

ESP8266 ThingSpeak

ESP8266 Install SPIFFS

ESP8266 Install LittleFS

ESP8266 Time and Date

ESP8266 Epoch Time

VS Code and PlatformIO

VS Code LittleFS

VS Code Workspaces

Learn More

Learn ESP32-CAM

Learn MicroPython

Build Web Servers eBook

ESP8266 eBook »

Build an ESP8266 Web Server - Code and Schematics (NodeMCU)

Build an ESP8266 Web Server – Code and Schematics (NodeMCU)

Interrupts and Timers with ESP8266 using Arduino IDE (NodeMCU)

ESP8266 Interrupts and Timers using Arduino IDE (NodeMCU)

ESP-01 ESP8266 NodeMCU Deep Sleep with Arduino IDE

ESP8266 Deep Sleep with Arduino IDE (NodeMCU)

ESP8266 with DS18B20 Temperature Sensor using Arduino IDE

ESP8266 DS18B20 Temperature Sensor with Arduino IDE (Single, Multiple, Web Server)

ESP8266 Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) pins with Arduino IDE

ESP8266 NodeMCU PWM with Arduino IDE – Dim LED (Analog Output)

ESP8266 with BME280 using Arduino IDE (Pressure, Temperature, Humidity)

ESP8266 with BME280 using Arduino IDE (Pressure, Temperature, Humidity)

Install ESP8266 Filesystem Uploader in Arduino IDE

Install ESP8266 Filesystem Uploader in Arduino IDE

Installing the ESP8266 Board in Arduino IDE Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

Installing ESP8266 Board in Arduino IDE (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)

ESP32 ESP8266 OLED DHT22 DHT11 Temperature Humidity

ESP32/ESP8266: DHT Temperature and Humidity Readings in OLED Display

ESP8266 Arduino OLED Display Image circuit

ESP8266 0.96 inch OLED Display with Arduino IDE

ESP8266 DHT11/DHT22 Temperature and Humidity Web Server with Arduino IDE

ESP8266 Pinout Reference: Which GPIO pins should you use?

ESP8266 ADC – Read Analog Values with Arduino IDE, MicroPython and Lua

Hack a PIR Motion Sensor with an ESP8266

Power ESP8266 with Mains Voltage using Hi-Link HLK-PM03 Converter

ESP8266 Multisensor Shield with Node-RED

Build a Multisensor Shield for ESP8266

Control Sonoff Basic Switch with ESP Easy Firmware and Node-RED

Reprogram Sonoff Smart Switch with Web Server

WiFiManager with ESP8266 – Autoconnect, Custom Parameter and Manage your SSID and Password

ESP8266 Daily Task – Publish Temperature Readings to ThingSpeak

ESP8266 Web Server with Arduino IDE

ESP8266 Wi-Fi Button – DIY Amazon Dash Button Clone

Nextion Display with ESP8266 – Touchscreen User Interface for Node-RED

ESP8266 Voltage Regulator (LiPo and Li-ion Batteries)

ESP8266 Weather Forecaster

Decoding and Encoding JSON with Arduino or ESP8266

ESP8266 and Node-RED with MQTT (Publish and Subscribe)

ESP8266 and Node-RED with MQTT (Publish and Subscribe)

Posting a Tweet with the ESP8266

ESP8266 Publishing DHT22 Readings to SQLite Database

ESP8266 Publishing DHT22 Readings with MQTT to Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Publishing MQTT Messages to ESP8266

ESP8266 OTA Updates with Arduino IDE | Over the Air

$10 DIY WiFi RGB LED Mood Light with ESP8266 (Step by Step)

ESP8266 RGB Color Picker

ESP8266 Controlled with Android App (MIT App Inventor)

Home Automation ESP8266

This our step-by-step guide designed to help you get started with this amazing WiFi module called ESP8266. It includes more than 20 step-by-step projects and it’s divided in two distinct parts (Arduino IDE and Lua NodeMCU Firmware).

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