Entrant 40 : Smart Room using ESP8266
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 12:56 pmUser
Ananthan
Description
If you are a geek, then you definitely want to mess with everything to create something cool out of it. What about controlling all of your appliances from your computer or from your smart phone wirelessly? Set timer for light when you go to sleep; autonomously switch your fan on when temperature exceeds; and when you are too lazy to get up from your bed to switch fan/light off. All you need is an ESP8266 with a couple of other components that cost <10$.
Made ESP 8266 ES01 chip to act as a TCP server and also to control the Relay circuit. The module will try to connect with your home router automatically and will make itself available at your service. Control messages are interpreted and necessary signals were passed to the Relay circuit. AC to DC converter (from an old mobile charger) along with a regulator (LM2596 Module) was needed as the chip is 3.3V tolerant. Finally created a nice and tidy script (using Script Manager) in Mobile to control the appliances. Same script will works in a Linux/Windows Machine also.
Feature supported
Control the appliances with normal switch
Control the appliances wirelessly using smart phone
Control the appliances wirelessly using computer
Get temperature readings in both smart phone and computer
Set timer to switch your fan/light on/off
Automatic control of fan using temperature reading
A clean Linux conky-widget that shows the room temperature with graph
Parts
esp8266
old mobile charger
3.3 V regulator (LM2596)
relay (2 channel relay)
DS18B20 temperature sensor
Links
Sourcecode and hardware schematics
Blog
Video
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcYt8nGvhVs
Images
Ananthan
Description
If you are a geek, then you definitely want to mess with everything to create something cool out of it. What about controlling all of your appliances from your computer or from your smart phone wirelessly? Set timer for light when you go to sleep; autonomously switch your fan on when temperature exceeds; and when you are too lazy to get up from your bed to switch fan/light off. All you need is an ESP8266 with a couple of other components that cost <10$.
Made ESP 8266 ES01 chip to act as a TCP server and also to control the Relay circuit. The module will try to connect with your home router automatically and will make itself available at your service. Control messages are interpreted and necessary signals were passed to the Relay circuit. AC to DC converter (from an old mobile charger) along with a regulator (LM2596 Module) was needed as the chip is 3.3V tolerant. Finally created a nice and tidy script (using Script Manager) in Mobile to control the appliances. Same script will works in a Linux/Windows Machine also.
Feature supported
Control the appliances with normal switch
Control the appliances wirelessly using smart phone
Control the appliances wirelessly using computer
Get temperature readings in both smart phone and computer
Set timer to switch your fan/light on/off
Automatic control of fan using temperature reading
A clean Linux conky-widget that shows the room temperature with graph
Parts
esp8266
old mobile charger
3.3 V regulator (LM2596)
relay (2 channel relay)
DS18B20 temperature sensor
Links
Sourcecode and hardware schematics
Blog
Video
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcYt8nGvhVs
Images