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

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 Mains Voltage

ESP8266 Stepper Motor

ESP8266 I2C Multiplexer

Displays

ESP8266 NodeMCU with HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor with Arduino IDE

ESP8266 NodeMCU with BMP388 Barometric/Altimeter Sensor (Arduino IDE)

ESP8266 NodeMCU Publish Sensor Readings to ThingSpeak (easiest way)

ESP8266 Web Server WebSocket with Multiple Sliders: Control LEDs Brightness PWM

ESP8266 NodeMCU Web Server (WebSocket) with Multiple Sliders: Control LEDs Brightness (PWM)

Installing Programming ESP8266 NodeMCU Board in Arduino 2.0 Windows Mac OS X Linux

Installing ESP8266 NodeMCU Board in Arduino IDE 2 (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)

ESP8266 NodeMCU Plot Sensor Readings in Charts (Multiple Series)

ESP8266 NodeMCU Setting a Custom Hostname (Arduino IDE)

Resolved ESP8266 NodeMCU Reconnect to Wi-Fi After Connection is Lost

[SOLVED] Reconnect ESP8266 NodeMCU to Wi-Fi Network After Lost Connection

Learn ESP8266

ESP8266 Introduction

ESP8266 Arduino IDE

ESP8266 Arduino IDE 2.0

VS Code and PlatformIO

ESP8266 Pinout

ESP8266 Inputs Outputs

ESP8266 PWM

ESP8266 Analog Inputs

ESP8266 Interrupts Timers

Protocols

ESP8266 HTTP GET POST

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

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

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 Mains Voltage

ESP8266 Stepper Motor

ESP8266 I2C Multiplexer

Displays

MQTT

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 Group

Telegram Door Monitor

ESP8266 WebSerial

Useful Guides

ESP8266 Troubleshooting

ESP8266 Access Point

ESP8266 Fixed IP Address

ESP8266 MAC Address

ESP8266 Reconnect Wi-Fi

ESP8266 Voltage Regulator

ESP8266 ThingSpeak

ESP8266 Install SPIFFS

ESP8266 Install LittleFS

ESP8266 Time and Date

ESP8266 Epoch Time

ESP8266 JSON

VS Code and PlatformIO

Learn More

Build Web Servers eBook

ESP8266 eBook »

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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