Category Archives: Arduino

Need to Learn Lua now

Posted on July 7, 2015 by larry

Yesterday I posted that there was a problem with my new NodeMCU unit, there is no problem, the issue is that there are two versions of this product, a 0.9 which works with the Arduino IDE and a 1.0 which … Continue reading →

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Weird… Free Time

Posted on June 26, 2015 by larry

I feel like I should be in a hurry but I am not. No Races No Presentations No work related projects I do have to get my stuff ready for packing for a trip, but for the most part I … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 Weirdness Continues

Posted on June 25, 2015 by larry

The ESP8266 is still driving me nuts. Not sure why I get inconsistent results. Also I think the PIR needs some warmup time before being active. Another weird thing is that my PIR are acting as access points. Just doing … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 not consistent

Posted on June 20, 2015 by larry

Finally moved to more ESP8266 sensors around the house and they are not consistent. Still early though, and there are a lot of variables I need to consider, and things I could do. Maybe the motion sensor is not sensitive … Continue reading →

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More Sensors

Posted on June 18, 2015 by larry

Today I put together more sensors to get going. I am starting to formulate coverage for my house. Unfortunately the unit I built yesterday went offline.  Not sure why, I think it is a power issue. Worked late, just doing … Continue reading →

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New Wifi Motion Sensor

Posted on June 17, 2015 by larry

Finally got my first production motion sensor up. Seems to work great. Setup was pretty easy since I have done it before I know I can have it directly send an email, but I have opted for it to talk … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Broken In To

Posted on June 10, 2015 by larry

Today I came home to a mailbox that was broken in to. Either I will get a heavy duty mail box or get some sort of monitoring on the mailbox. I tried to get some sort of arduino going but … Continue reading →

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Full Breadboarded Arduino and ESP8266

Posted on June 8, 2015 by larry

Got the ESP8266 and other components working on a breadboard. Looks pretty clean, I will adjust a few things though. As a followup from yesterday’s post regarding the FTDI I got it working again, the trick was to prevent auto … Continue reading →

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Confused with Arduino ans ESP8266

Posted on June 6, 2015 by larry

Although I got partial communication with between arduino and esp8266. I am not sure how to get it working but I got a few ideas. As a standalone I do have it working. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Breadboard Compatible (Somewhat) ESP8266

Posted on June 5, 2015 by larry

Got some addition ESP8266 today that did not have the headers soldered on so I took this opportunity to make it more breadboard friendly. Basically I flipped on of the rows and put it on the top. Looks way way … Continue reading →

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