The I²C bus communication is one out of three possible communication protocols, the ESP8266 is able to communicate with other devices like OLED displays, barometric pressure sensors and so on. The two other communication protocols are SPI and UART. I²C stands for Inter-Integrated Circuit was invented 1982 by Philips Semiconductor (A Dutch company), now NXP […]
Now that I made a few examples of the HomeKit accessories, It’s time for some in depth HomeKit Code Analysis. For this analysis I took the LED example from the HomeKit Demo library witch I used in my first blog here to demonstrate how it works. First I start with cutting up the code and
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As I’m working on the ESP HomeKit project’s I needed a machine that was running Linux. Because my MacBook Pro did not support the needed software to compile the necessary binary files. So had come up with a solution. Oracle VM VirtualBox is a free package that provides me with the needed solution. It can
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For those that starting with the ESP modules, I have made some pinout diagrams, their functions and how to use them. The ESP8266 12-E chip comes with 17 GPIO pins. Not all GPIO’s are exposed in all ESP8266 development boards, some GPIO’s are not recommended to use, and others have very specific functions. With this
In my previous blog here I tested the ESP HomeKit Software Development Kit. I am so enthusiastic about this Software Development Kit, that I going to write a few blogs about this genius software. In each Blog I will address a other accessory that you can add to your HomeKit without the need of a
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In my previous blog here I tested the ESP HomeKit Software Development Kit. I am so enthusiastic about this Software Development Kit, that I going to write a few blogs about this genius software. In each Blog I will address a other accessory that you can add to your HomeKit without the need of a
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In my previous blog here I tested the ESP HomeKit Software Development Kit. I am so enthusiastic about this Software Development Kit, that I going to write a few blogs about this genius software. In each Blog I will address a other accessory that you can add to your HomeKit without the need of a
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Now that I have the ESP HomeKit SDK up and running its time to add a cool feature. A QR Code Just like the official HomeKit products have. Once you have your iOS device and your HomeKit hardware, you’ll need to add it to your Home app. To do that, you’ll be asked to enter
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Okay this was also next level for me! I had absolutely no experience with compiling c code to binary files. But that makes it so attractive for me to jump into the deep and see how far I get. I have to admit that it took me a lot of time. Eventually it also succeeded
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For whom already visit my blog before know that after my website crashed, I could save a lot of posts, but unfortunately not all posts. This is one of them and I need to rewrite the whole blog. In this blog I will show you how to program a ESP8266-01 and a ESP8266-12F as I
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