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ESP8266 Home Automation Projects

The ESP8266 is a low-cost yet powerful Wi-Fi chip that is becoming more popular at an alarming rate, and people have adopted it to create interesting projects. This book shows readers how to build autonomous home automation projects, create entire home automation systems, and monitor/access their homes from the cloud. You will learn how to read values from sensors, how to send them to your cloud platform over Wi-Fi, and how to receive them on your mobile application.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

6h32m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This book is targeted at people who want to build connected and inexpensive home automation projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip, and to completely automate their homes. A basic understanding of the board would be an added advantage.

Book content

chapters 6h32m total length

Getting started with the ESP8266

Build and configure your own MQTT server

Building a home thermostat with the ESP8266

Control appliances from the ESP8266

Use the ESP8266 to build a security system

Securing your data

Real-time Communication

Adding a Mobile Application to Your Smart Home

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