ESP8266 WiFi LED dimmer Part 9 of X: The new house lighting plan

The whole reason for building my own LED dimmer was because I’m currently building a new house and was unsatisfied with commercially available dimmers. They either didn’t have the features I desired or where way too expensive and often, both! This post will describe which parts of the house will be powered using my LED … Continue reading ESP8266 WiFi LED dimmer Part 9 of X: The new house lighting plan

ESP8266 WiFi LED dimmer Part 8 of X: Version 2 of the PCB design

With the help of kind internet folks I was able to get a fritzing part for the new voltage converter I wanted to use to try and make a smaller board. A few weeks ago I sent my new ‘panalized’ design to dirtypcb’s and I got them back last week. They are awesome! Read on … Continue reading ESP8266 WiFi LED dimmer Part 8 of X: Version 2 of the PCB design

ESP8266 WiFi LED dimmer Part 3 of X: Flashing and programming the ESP-01

To get started with the ESP8266 ESP-01 I recommend flashing and programming it before soldering it down. This way you know it’s working and that the program code is also functioning. Depending on how you mount it on your board it can be a bit hard to do so later on! Connect the board to … Continue reading ESP8266 WiFi LED dimmer Part 3 of X: Flashing and programming the ESP-01