5/18/2019 11 Awesome ESP8266 Projects for Electronics DIYers

11 Awesome ESP8266 Projects for Electronics

DIYers
April 4, 2019

ESP8266 is gaining popularity in the eld of electronics because of its low-cost, reliability and
easily availability in the market. Most documents related to this module are in Mandarin and
information provided in the data sheet is not enough to use ESP8266 for an application. To ll
the gap, people from various countries have formed an ESP8266 community forum, which
gives necessary details about programming and other related issues concerning this module.
Before we move to ESP8266 projects, let’s look at some features of the ESP8266 module.

ESP8266 contains a built-in 32-bit low-power CPU, ROM and RAM. It is a complete and self-
contained Wi-Fi network solution that can carry software applications as a stand-alone device
or connected with a microcontroller (MCU). The module has built-in AT Command rmware to
be used with any MCU via COM port. Let’s look at some ESP8266 projects now.

Smallest IoT Home Automation using ESP8266 – 01 with

Videos (Hindi & English)
In this project, we will be using the ESP8266 – 01 Wi-Fi Development board to make a small
home automation that has Wi-Fi featured in it. The system operates on a local web server and
is easy to use for the novice. With this project, we can control at most two AC appliances which
suit best for your small IoT projects.

This project is available at: Smallest IoT Home Automation using ESP8266 – 01 with Videos
(Hindi & English)

Geolocation using ESP8266

Ever wanted to know if geolocation was possible without using a GPS module? Check out this
project for checking your location using ESP8266 Wi-Fi module. This is possible with Google’s
Geolocation API. Google provides an API for taking data from our nearby Wi-Fi routers and
giving us our coordinates. But before using that API you need to get your API key working.
Check out this ESP8266 project for more details.

This project is available at: Geolocation using ESP8266

ESP8266 Projects: Wireless Web Server

This ESP8266 based wireless web server project is built around an Arduino.  Arduino IDE is
used for compiling and loading programs in this ESP8266 based wireless web server. ESP8266
community has developed a suitable plugin for ESP8266 to use with Arduino IDE. Step by step
details are available within the article to build a web server.

This project is available at: ESP8266 based wireless server

World’s smallest IoT project

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In this project we push the limits of how the IoT project can be shrunk in size without
compromising its ability to work. There may be products which are way smaller than this one.
This is the simplest IoT project, IoT button with rechargeable battery having dimension of 4 x 2
x 1 cm.

This project is available at: World’s smallest IoT project.

Pressure Sensors on Railway Tracks

Every year thousands of animals die after being hit by trains. Animals on train tracks are
dangerous for both animals and the train as well. Animals are a ected very badly. Besides
animals, if the tracks are not cleared i.e. boulders on tracks, accidents tend to occur. This
phenomenon becomes particularly dangerous in hilly areas. Trains cannot be stopped from
moving on these tracks, but something surely can be done. Using pressure sensors, a system
can be built that provides alarm and helps avoid any unfortunate accidents.

This project is available at: Pressure sensors on railway tracks

Air Pollution Meter

Presented here is a IoT enabled air pollution meter to monitor air quality on your smartphone
using Blynk application and Arduino board. Blynk is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform to
control Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the like over the Internet. In this project Blynk provides a
digital dashboard on your smartphone that displays real-time air quality readings for the
immediate surroundings.

This project is available at: Air pollution meter

Humidity and temperature monitoring

Presented here is a humidity and temperature monitoring system using Arduino. In this
article, humidity and temperature information from DHT-11 sensor is analysed graphically on
ThingSpeak platform using Arduino MCU and ESP8266 Wi-Fi module.

This project is available at: Humidity & Temperature monitoring

Wi-Fi controlled robot

Control your Robot from anywhere using the ARMA IoT shield for UNO and the Blynk App
which provides the user interface. This project uses an Arduino Uno connected to the WiFi
using an ARMA IoT shield and controlled using Blynk app which is available for both iOS as well
as Android. The chassis is a simple one made from pressed sheet metal with high gauge
thickness.

This project is available at: Wi-Fi controlled robot

Temperature logging system

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Here is a temperature logging system based on PIC16F887 microcontroller (MCU), Wi-Fi and
ThingSpeak application programming interface (API). ThingSpeak is an open source Internet of
Things (IoT) application and API to store and retrieve data from things over the Internet. It
enables you to collect, store, analyse, visualise and act on the data received from sensors or
electronic circuits.

This project is available at: Temperature logging system

M2M using ESP8266

This project takes you through the interaction of your developments among one another.
ESP8266 development board is used to connect via wireless & talk to each other when needed.
The presenter has made this project to solve a problem in his own room. A video explaining
the detailed project is also available.

This project is available at: M2M using ESP8266

ESPSMS | Make your personal assistant

We all have heard about personal assistants like SIRI, Google Assistant, Alexa, etc. But ever
wondered how this all works? And further do you know how to make a personal assistant of
your own? In this project the developer has tried to make an assistant using ESP8266 12E
development board.

This project is available at: Making your personal assistant

Feel interested? Let us know what other ESP8266 projects you have worked on. If there are
some ESP8266 projects that are not featured here, send them in and we can feature these on
our website.

This article was rst published on 20 November 2017 and was updated with new
projects on 4 April 2019.

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