project_ideas

IoT (Internet of Things): 

• More IoT online resources - Blynk etc.
• Top IoT cloud platforms 2020 
• New Blynk platform
• Blynk register - blynk.cloud
• Blynk IoT platform - how to ...
• New Blynk platform (pricing)
• video making first project with new Blynk [from 1:30]
• with Maker Uno 
• How to find your wifi password
• Publish sensor readings to Google sheets using IFTTT service 
• ThingSpeak - open IOT platform with MATLAB analytics 
• ESP32 compared to Arduino 
• ESP32 vs ESP8266 - pros and cons  

IoT (Internet of Things):

ESP8266   [or ESP8266EX or ESP-WROOM-02]

• E.g. ESP01, ESP-12E NODEMCU, WEMOS D1 Mini
• Which ESP8266 module to choose, to program it for DIY projects
• ESP8266 module - different versions
• e.g. UNO R3 ESP8266 wifi shield - AI Thinker
• Open Home Automation - applications of ESP8266 with Arduino Uno
• 3 simple ways of programming ESP8266 12 X module 
• Using the ESP8266 wifi module with Arduino Uno publishing to ThingSpeak 
• NodeMcu opensource firmware and development kit with ESP8266 
• ESP8266 Projects 
• Adafruit Feather Huzzah ESP8266  
• Smart Fitness Watch with ESP8266 

IoT (Internet of Things):

ESP32   [or ESP-WROOM-32]

• successor to ESP8266
• Learn ESP32 online course
• ESP32 modules & boards 
• ESP32 Pinout reference 
• ESP32 Tutorial: some built-in capabilities (replace ESP8266)   
• ESP32 projects on instructables.com
• ESP32 Arduino tutorial overview (FireBeetle board)
• MicroPython project
• ESP32 projects
• 25 free guides for sensors & modules
• ESP web server on Arduino IDE to control LEDs 
• ESP32 DHT11 (ESP32 as webserver)
• interface DHT11 with ESP32 as webserver 
• mini web radio (ESP32) 
• ESP32 wireless communication protocols
• 7 different ways to send notifications with ESP32 
• free WhatsApp for personal use 
• How to Log Data (9 Different Ways)

• Arduino IoT Cloud service :
• getting started, features, tutorials
• subscription plans 
• worked examples using ESP32
• video using Arduino cloud with ESP32 [1:23 onwards]
• video a perfect Automation project for your home & office | website
• home automation project ideas 

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• MQTT protocol: Message Queuing Telemetry Transport 
• What is MQTT and how it works?

• 30+ home automation projects 

• 13 Best AI Coding Assistant Tools 

Bluetooth with Arduino:

• 10 best bluetooth modules for Arduino
• Android: how to control an LED using a smartphone and Arduino 
• HC-05/06 module
• using HM-10 BLE module
• Controlling Arduino using voice, with Maker Uno and Bluetooth HC-06
• IOS: iPhone bluetooth control arduino - HM-10 BLE module with LightBlue app
• Getting HM-10 BLE up and running with Uno 
• Other apps: ArduinoBlue, Handy Bluetooth Arduino Controller (BLE), Bluetooth for Arduino (>=12.1)

Arduino Science Journal app (download on mobile device)

• What is Arduino Science Journal?
• Setting up experiments 

• Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense board - to link up with Arduino Science Journal app via bluetooth - as an external sensor
• Board documentation
• Purchase of board  
• Sensors on the board (must use 3.3V only)
• projects using this board on Arduino Project Hub 
• Arduino Science Journal on Windows PC 

Weather-based projects: 

• IoT weather station - pocket-sized
• Super weather station hanging baskets 
• air quality monitoring 
• air quality monitoring 2 - MQ135
• UNEP air quality monitoring station  
• portable micro particle counter - PMS7003
• particle sniffer
• Portable fine particle measurement
• SDS011 air quality sensor
• CO2 display 
• Personal weather station  
• weather forecast display 
• weather station in a hat 
• solar powered wifi weather station (WEMOS board) 
• solar powered wifi weather station v 2.0

Raspberry Pico W

• course resources
• pico w - Bluetooth communications 

Temperature related projects 

• Thermocouple
• Arduino IR thermometer 
• Infrared temperature sensor MLX90614
• video contactless temperature sensor
• datasheet for MLX90614 
• DIY Room thermometer using an OLED Module 
• Coronavirus detector based on infrared temperature sensor
• non-contact IR thermometer
• DIY non-contact IR thermometer 
• Water temperature monitor 
• Infrared Thermometer Pen 

Tracking devices/projects:

• GPS tracking device 
• Grove-GPS module - GPS datalogger
• ESP8266 $5 microcontroller with wifi, Arduino-compatible 
• 433 MHz RF module 
• Track ME 
• Commercial devices: Tile and TrackR
• GPS SMS Security Tracking System 
• LoRa GPS Tracker 

CROs 

• A simple DIY Oscilloscope with Arduino Uno & Mega 
• Oscilloscope in a Matchbox
• A really simple Arduino oscilloscope tutorial 
• Arduino Waveform Generator