As been asked so many times in the latest days about, please find below a quick install guide that might help you to have a smooth and easy installation: Arduino IDE 1.6.4 Portable – Blinky test: Detailed instructions: 1. Download and install Arduino IDE 1.6.4 from http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software In a Windows Read more…
Working last days on the driver for MAX7219 8 digit display module I found that dtostrf() ESP8266 STDLIB function is not working properly for values containing “0”‘s after dot, like: 1.0256,1.00256, etc. With the quick written test code from below and the collaboration of the great guys from Arduino.cc Forum Read more…
As you know from my previous Article I got recently some nice MAX7219 8 Digit Display Modules. Had a lot fun fun with them, looks a nice and stable solution so I’m thinking to use them as Display for one of my future projects. Meanwhile I was also playing with Read more…
First RUN test for MAX7219 LED Display Module using ESP8266 CBDBv2 EVO Board Another very popular and widely available module, used already in many Projects before, meeting the ESP8266 ecosystem 🙂 You can buy MAX7219 modules from Banggood, Amazon, Ebay, nameyourfavorite.com, quality and price might hugely vary Read more…
Because of the very cheap ACS712 Current Sensor Board modules available all over the place, I really think that everybody heard about ACS712 sensor from Allegro MicroSystems. As I was asked if “Can be used as a current sensor module for our ESP8266 Projects without too much hustle?”, I Read more…
===================== W A R N I N G ! ! ===================== Li-Ion batteries are very dangerous if not handled properly. Use them only with proper protection circuits and chargers. DO NOT OVER CHARGE / BURN / OPEN Li-Ion Bats Using any of the informations available on esp8266-projects.com is on Read more…
UPDATE!! UPDATE !! New released MPDMv4 (MAINS Power Dimmer) Driver Board ! ————————————————————————————————————————– WARNING!! You will play with LIVE MAINS!! Deadly zone!! If you don’t have any experience and are not qualified for working with MAINS power I will not ecourage you to play arround! —————————————————————————————————————————- Remember the story Read more…
As you remember from our previous article about DS3231 RTC Module, we have identified onboard an EEPROM chip, a 32k AT24C32 one. It is independent from the RTC circuit and conected on the I2C bus, perfect companion for a Data Logger System 🙂 AT24C32 EEPROM The AT24C32 provides 32,768 Read more…
———————————- UPDATE ————————————– For a ADC Input Frontend with Auto-range capabilities in the 0-40V Input range take a look also at the new ADC Input related article ——————————— UPADTE —————————————- After testing the ESP8266 Internal ADC I think it’s time to see also a higher resolution ADC at work. For Read more…
I was asked if MCP9008 Temperature sensor can be replaced with the less precise but widely available LM75 one. The answer is YES, it can be done without any problems, actually they can share same slot on CBDB Dev Board without any hardware changes, just choose your desired I2C address Read more…