The story behind: Many people are complaining about I2C communications problems, mostly related with the NodeMCU LUA. I found out that many of the related problems are generated from a easy to fall in trap, generated by the way how code is executed in case of a step-by-step debug run 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 your Read more…
How we will do it: Connect to Google server, fetch the page header that contain the Timestamp and do some string manipulation to obtain the Date & Time information in the format that we need to be able to update our Real Time Clock: getTime = function() conn=net.createConnection(net.TCP, 0) Read more…
What we will need: CBDB Board USB adapter (take a look on Part 1 for details how to connect them together) DS3231 Module – you can buy them at a very good price HERE, 1.62USD/pcs, a very good deal!! For programming and uploading the driver and the software we 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…
One of the desired and also needed things in many projects is the availability of a local display to be able to directly see messages, values, results, etc. What we will need to be able to easy interface it with ESP8266 module is a 3V logic level compatible one and Read more…
It’s time for TIME!I was delaying this article about RTC’s despite de fact that was higly requested with the hope that the ordered DS3231 modules will arrive in time. Didn’t happen, so, until they will hit my MailBox I am presenting you an alternate solution, an RTC chip used before Read more…