Internet of Things with ESP8266: Build amazing Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip

Build amazing Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip

Key Features

• Get to know the powerful and low cost ESP8266 and build interesting projects in the field of Internet of Things
• Configure your ESP8266 to the cloud and explore the networkable modules that will be utilized in the IoT projects
• This step-by-step guide teaches you the basics of IoT with ESP8266 and makes your life easier

Book Description

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of objects such as physical things embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity, enabling data exchange. ESP8266 is a low cost WiFi microcontroller chip that has the ability to empower IoT and helps the exchange of information among various connected objects. ESP8266 consists of networkable microcontroller modules, and with this low cost chip, IoT is booming.

Kick-starting with an introduction to the ESP8266 chip, we will demonstrate how to build a simple LED using the ESP8266. You will then learn how to read, send, and monitor data from the cloud. Next, you’ll see how to control your devices remotely from anywhere in the world. Furthermore, you’ll get to know how to use the ESP8266 to interact with web services such as Twitter and Facebook. In order to make several ESP8266s interact and exchange data without the need for human intervention, you will be introduced to the concept of machine-to-machine communication.

The latter part of the book focuses more on projects, including a door lock controlled from the cloud, building a physical Bitcoin ticker, and doing wireless gardening.

With this book, you will be able to create and program Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 WiFi chip.

What you will learn

• Control various devices from the cloud
• Interact with web services, such as Twitter or Facebook
• Make two ESP8266 boards communicate with each other via the cloud
• Send notifications to users of the ESP8266, via email, text message, or push notifications
• Build a physical device that indicates the current price of Bitcoin
• Build a simple home automation system that can be controlled from the cloud
• Create your own cloud platform to control ESP8266 devices

Who this book is for

This book is for those who want to build powerful and inexpensive IoT projects using the ESP8266 WiFi chip, including those who are new to IoT, or those who already have experience with other platforms such as Arduino.

Table of Contents

1. Getting started with the ESP8266
2. First project with the ESP8266
3. Cloud data logging with the ESP8266
4. Controlling devices from anywhere
5. Interact with web services
6. Machine-to-Machine communications
7. Sending notifications from the ESP8266
8. Door lock controlled from the cloud
9. Build a physical Bitcoin ticker
10. Wireless gardening with the ESP8266
11. Cloud-based ESP8266 home automation system
12. Cloud-controlled ESP8266 robot
13. Building your own cloud platform to control ESP8266 devices

Marco Schwartz is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and blogger. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Supélec, France, and a master's degree in micro engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He has more than five years' experience working in the domain of electrical engineering. Marco's interests center around electronics, home automation, the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing. He has several websites about the Arduino, including the Open Home Automation website, which is dedicated to building home automation systems using open source hardware. Marco has written another book on home automation and the Arduino, called Home Automation With Arduino: Automate Your Home Using Open-source Hardware. He has also written a book on how to build Internet of Things projects with the Arduino, called Internet of Things with the Arduino Yun, by Packt Publishing.