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 […]
When I’m coding a new ESP-HomeKit accessory I use the free HomeKit Accessory Protocol Specification (Non-Commercial Version) form Apple. To see how to use the characteristics and what type of options there are for a specific type of accessory. All you need or want to know can be found in this protocol. Overview HomeKit
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The ESP32 chip comes with 48 pins with multiple functions. Not all pins are exposed in all ESP32 development boards, and there are some pins that cannot be used. There are many questions on how to use the ESP32 GPIO’s. What pins should you use? What pins should you avoid using in your projects? This blog
As a week has passed a lot has happened. (HacK a.k.a. HomeACcessoryKid) maker of LifeCycle Manager has done a lot of work trying to solve the issue. Unfortunately until now there isn’t a solution, as we can read on his Git. OUTAGE caused by GitHub change of HTTP headers Yes, it really really doesn’t work
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As of this weekend I encountered some trouble with LCM (LifeCycle Manager). After contacting the the maker (HacK a.k.a. HomeACcessoryKid) of LifeCycle Manager, it turns out there is very small issue but the consequences are big, it’s an issues that has to be solved! For whom that reeds my blog regularly know that I use
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In this blog I will show you how to program a ESP32S and a ESP32 + CAM as I use these the most. It fairly the same as the ESP8266. There’s an add-on for the Arduino IDE that allows you to program the ESP32 using the Arduino IDE and its programming language. In this tutorial
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The last time I installed the ESP SDK for the “standard” ESP8266 modules. Now I need to install the toolchain for the new model the ESP32. This goes slightly different than the the toolchain for the ESP8266. Here I will help you setup this toolchain step by step. Standard Setup of Toolchain for
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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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