Guides & Projects for Makers
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Building an Arduino Weather Station
Have you ever wanted to know the temperature and humidity levels in your home or garden with precision? With this DIY Arduino weather station project, you can create your own customized environmental monitoring system. This beginner-friendly project combines the versatility of an Arduino board with affordable sensors to give you accurate, real-time climate data. In…
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Reminder for Your Umbrella with the ESP8266
Have you ever left your home only to find yourself standing in the rain on the street? This project ensures that doesn’t happen again. Using an ESP8266, you’ll retrieve the current weather conditions via an API and display on an OLED screen whether it’s raining, snowing, or the sun is shining. If you need an…
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Programming an ESP32-CAM (AI Thinker) with the Arduino IDE
Do you want to take photos and save them on an SD card, send them over the internet, or even set up a trail camera? Then the ESP32-CAM is a great option! There’s just one issue: The board doesn’t have a USB port. So what can you do? In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to…
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A Trail Camera with ESP32-CAM and Telegram
ESP32 and ESP8266 boards are a great combination when used with Telegram. You can send data to your smartphone in a flash and control your microcontroller from there. In this project, you’ll build a trail camera with a special ESP32 board – the ESP32-CAM. This camera is triggered when someone moves in front of it.…
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Programming the ESP8266 with the Arduino IDE
An ESP8266 is a real asset for your projects. With these microcontroller, you can open the door to the Internet of Things wide open! And the best part: You can easily program your ESP8266 with your Arduino IDE – just like your Arduino boards. However, you need to make a few preparations for this. Learn…
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A Dash Button with Telegram and an ESP8266
In this project, you’ll build a Dash Button using an ESP8266 that sends a message to your Telegram account at the push of a button. You can receive this message on your smartphone anywhere – as long as you have internet access. For this project, you’ll need: Preparing Telegram First, you need a Telegram account…
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Sending Messages with the ESP8266 and ESP32
Would you like to send messages with your ESP8266 or ESP32, for example to receive a warning from a motion detector or temperature sensor? In this tutorial, you’ll learn three ways to implement this – via Telegram, email, and WhatsApp. Contents of this tutorial: Sending Messages via Telegram A common option is to send messages…
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How to Create a Telegram Bot
If you want to control your projects from your smartphone or receive current sensor data, a Telegram bot is a practical solution. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up a Telegram bot in just a few minutes and also find your UserID, which you’ll need for many projects. Install Telegram First, the easiest…
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Baby Monitor with Sound and Motion Detection
This project revolves around monitoring babies’ and young children’s sleep: You’ll build a baby monitor consisting of two ESP8266 microcontrollers connected via ESP-NOW. On the first microcontroller, you’ll connect a PIR sensor to detect motion and a sound sensor to measure noise levels. The data is sent to a second ESP8266, which is connected to…
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Automatic Plant Watering With An Arduino
If you trust your Arduino more than your green thumb, this project is right for you. A sensor monitors the moisture in the soil – as soon as a certain value is undercut, a water pump starts up and waters your plant. Once the soil is moist enough again, your Arduino stops the pump. Discover…
