Control your home objects with snap! over wifi

Summary

Public From the age of 10
Objects to be connected Home objects (Lamp, Fan, coffé machine …) with Snap!
Connectivity WIFI
Software used
Hardware A Computer

An ESP8266

A relay

Estimated time 3H
Steps:
  • Learning how to program the ESP8266 with TUNIOT FOR ESP8266
  • Project making
  • Improving the project

Introduction:

In this project, you will learn how to control home objects over WIFI witha software called Snap (Blocs programming like Scratch) We will control a lamp. We will not write code, just snap blocks together.

STEP 1:

Our lamp will be connected to a relay. The relay is connected to an ESP8266. Before starting the project, you need to follow these videos to get familiar with the board and the programming too:

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

Once you finished your project, think about improving it by:

  • Using more objects to control
  • designing a dashboard with SNAP! to control your home.