ESP8266 Home Automation Projects (1 ed)

ESP8266 Home Automation Projects: Leverage the power of this tiny WiFi chip to build exciting smart home projects (1 ed)

Key Features

• Harness the power of the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip to build an effective home automation system.
• Learn about the various ESP8266 modules.
• Configuring the ESP8266 and making interesting home automation projects
• A step-by-step guide on the ESP8266 chip and how to convert your home into a smart home.

The ESP8266 is a low-cost yet powerful Wi-Fi chip that is becoming more popular at an alarming rate, and people have adopted it to create interesting projects.

By the end of the book, you will understand how to completely control and monitor your home from the cloud using a mobile application. You will be familiar with the capabilities of the ESP8266 and will have successfully designed a complete, ready-to-sell home automation system.

What you will learn

• Get, compile, install, and configure an MQTT server.
• Use the Wi-Fi connectivity feature to control appliances remotely.
• Control several home appliances using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip.
• Control and monitor your home from the cloud using ESP8266 modules.
• Stream real-time data from the ESP8266 to a server over WebSockets.
• Create an Android mobile application for your project.

Table of Contents

1. Getting started with the ESP8266.
2. Build and configure your own MQTT server.
3. Building a home thermostat with the ESP8266.
4. Control appliances from the ESP8266.
5. Use the ESP8266 to build a security system.
6. Securing your data.
7. Real-time Communication.
8. Adding a Mobile Application to Your Smart Home.