Monday 14 May 2018
Smart buttons are one of the current trends in IoT enabled wearables. The best part is the diversified set of actions they can be used to trigger effortlessly. Today we are going to see how to make our own DIY smart wifi button and link it with IBM Cloud.
Hardware you will be needing:
1) ESP8266 -01 Module
2) TP4056 Module
3) Lipo Battery 700mAh
4) Push Button
5) USB to TTL converter
Hardware you will be needing:
1) ESP8266 -01 Module
2) TP4056 Module
3) Lipo Battery 700mAh
4) Push Button
5) USB to TTL converter
Find all the required files at https://github.com/krishnac7/WifiButtonBasic
A Project Summary:
This project is a basic setup for creating a wifi Button. Initially, ESP is in deep sleep which helps us reduce the overall power consumption to save our low cap batteries from running out quickly. when the user hits the reset button,it triggers a boot cycle. once the booting is complete, it connects to a hardcoded WiFi hotspot then connects to the public MQTT server and publishes a message with device id in it and goes to sleep. the message triggers an action on the cloud
