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…
Today subject might look a trivial one but is not. At all. I will try to keep it as easy to understand as possible without too much “behind the scene” theory. Contact bounce is a common problem with mechanical and electromecanical switches, relays, solenoids, etc. Switch contacts are Read more…
New goodies hit my MailBox, this time from Singapore : Let’s see what’s inside. Short but nice documentation including, schematics, pinout, configuration: YES! It’s a new breadboard adapter for ESP-07 or ESP-12 ESP8266 WiFi module, designed by Baoshi a box containing the module nice packed in antistatic bag. 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…
================== 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…
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…
Just a quick one about new goodies found in the MailBox : External protective envelope Envelope in Bulgarian language:) Have you ever heard about Bulgaria? Is a country in southeastern Europe, member of the European Union, NATO, and the Council of Europe. And why are we interested about? It’s a Read more…
Now, with a nice and powerful 12 bit DAC working on our ESP8266 CBDB Board ( see Part 1 ) let’s test it to the limit a little bit. As you will see from the Oscilloscope and DMM images below, MCP4726 DAC Output it’s nice, smooth and stable. Not bad Read more…
At least from the zillions of request for a DAC Driver implementation example that I received in the latest weeks, this is the long awaited topic: ESP8266 Modules and Voltage Output Digital-to-Analog Converter control! For our project we will use Microchip MCP4726, a Voltage Output Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Read more…