DIY Project Tutorials sorted by Theme

Here you can find tutorials about microcontrolers (Arduino, ESP8266, ESP32), Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Home Automation, 3D printing, Python and IoT development.

Tutorials classified by level of difficulty

Beginner

Get Started with HC-SR04, measure distance by ultrasound. Arduino code example

Sensors 0

ESP32, GPIO pins and associated functions. I/O, PWM, RTC, I2C, SPI, ADC, DAC

Get started ESP32 4

T-Watch. Simplified code for shutdown and wake-up with BMA423 or AXP202 of the ESP32

Wearable and Smart Watch 0

T-Watch. Menu, pages, navigation between screens with TFT_eSPI

Wearable and Smart Watch 1

$T-Watch. Draw Mandelbrot or Julia fractals with an ESP32 and LVGL + TFT_eSPI$

T-Watch. Draw Mandelbrot or Julia fractals with an ESP32 and LVGL + TFT_eSPI

Wearable and Smart Watch 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Advanced

5 tips for ESP32-CAM. Fixed IP address. AP mode. Image rotation 90°. Automatic recovery WiFi connection. HTML code storage

ESP32-CAM 2

ESP32-CAM. Migrate CameraWebServer project from Arduino IDE to PlatformIO

ESP32-CAM 0

T-Watch. Mix the LVGL and TFT_eSPI libraries in the same ESP32 project

Wearable and Smart Watch 1

T-Watch. Getting started with the TFT_eSPI library. Display text, shapes, touch detection

Wearable and Smart Watch 3

Motorized microscope with HQ camera for Raspberry Pi and HTML interface (Python)

Raspberry Pi 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Confirmed

T-Watch. Sleep and wake-up ESP32 with BMA423 accelerometer or AXP202 button

Wearable and Smart Watch 0

ESP32. Access SPIFFS files in FTP with the ESP8266FtpServer library

Get started ESP32 0

Install Domoticz on NAS Synology DS718+ with Docker or virtual machine under Debian Buster

Get Started with Domoticz 5

Install the MQTT Mosquitto broker on NAS Synology (DSM 6.2+) with Docker

NAS & NVR 3

IoT development based on Orange Pi, Arduino (Firmata), Nodejs, Blynk and Johnny-Five

Confirmed 4

1 2 3

Home Automation Tutorials

Domoticz

Install Domoticz on NAS Synology DS718+ with Docker or virtual machine under Debian Buster

Get Started with Domoticz 5

Use the plugins on Domoticz. Manual installation or via Python Plugin Manager

Get Started with Domoticz 1

CloudMQTT test, free online MQTT broker. Control Domoticz with the JSON API

MQTT 0

Securing Domoticz with Let’s Encrypt certificate, access from HTTPS internet

Get Started with Domoticz 0

Xiaomi Mijia Honeywell Smoke Detector Test with Domoticz, Emergency Notification with PushOver

Domoticz 0

1 2 3 4 5 6

Home Assistant, Home Automation Server

Home Assistant. Install the snap on Synology NAS on an Ubuntu Virtual Machine

Get started with Home Assistant 0

Home Assistant. Essential plugins to install. Samba, HACS, File Editor, MQTT Mosquitto

Get started with Home Assistant 0

Home Assistant Community Store (HACS), easily install themes and components

Get started with Home Assistant 8

Home Assistant. Get started on Raspberry Pi 4. Procedure 2020

Get started with Home Assistant 0

ESP8266 + DHT22 + MQTT: make a connected object IoT and include it in Home Assistant

MQTT 0

1 2 3

Jeedom

Weather station with ePaper display (Dashboard) for Jeedom on Raspberry Pi (via the JSON RPC API)

Dashboards 0

Install Jeedom v3 from the installation script on Raspberry Pi 3 (or Linux Debian 8 PC)

Difficulty level 0

Driving the ESP8266 GPIO (Web Server) from Jeedom to TCP / IP Wireless – Part 2

Web Server (Communication + Interface) 0

ESP8266 (Web Client): Sending Data to Jeedom in TCP / IP Wireless (JSON API) – Part 1

Web Client (Communication) 0

Install Jeedom on an Orange Pi Lite (or Orange Pi+ 2e) running under Armbian Jessie

Jeedom 3

1 2 3

Gateways and Home Automation protocols

Based on MQTT

MQTT

Install the MQTT Mosquitto broker on NAS Synology (DSM 6.2+) with Docker

NAS & NVR 3

MQTT router with Node-RED, connect all your Sonoff Tasmota modules to cloudMQTT

MQTT 0

CloudMQTT test, free online MQTT broker. Control Domoticz with the JSON API

MQTT 0

Xiaomi Mijia Honeywell Smoke Detector Test with Domoticz, Emergency Notification with PushOver

Domoticz 0

Test Zigbee2MQTT gateway. Part 2, include Xiaomi Aqara or Mijia accessories to Domoticz with Node-RED

Domoticz 2

1 2 3

Homie library

Include ESP8266 + DHT22 + Homie MQTT IoT in Home Assistant (HASS)

Homie library 2

First project Homie ESP8266: publish in MQTT measurements of a DHT22 probe

Advanced 0

Getting start with the Homie library (MQTT) for connected objects based on ESP8266

Advanced 0

1

RFLink

Gateway RFLink with RobotDyn Arduino Mega 2560 Pro Mini and 3D printed case

RFLink 5

#Guide: list of components to build an home automation RFLink 433MHz gateway (RFXCom clone)

Shopping guides 0

How to Include RFLink Radio Home Automation Devices at Home Assistant (HASS)

Home Assistant, Home Automation Server 0

How to build a RFLink 433MHz radio smarthome gateway for €10.50. Test with Domoticz

RFLink 14

ser2net: Serial USB Gateway to Ethernet. Test on RFLink with Domoticz

Home Automation 3

1 2

Open Source firmware and projects

ESP EASY

The firmware ESP Easy Mega arrives on ESP32, test on the Wemos LoLin32 Lite, novelties of the firmware

ESP EASY 0

#Hack: SONOFF S20 plug to make it a super intelligent plug with ESP Easy

ESP EASY 7

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

Home Automation 0

ESP Easy: firmware ESP8266 to create connected and home automation objects without programming

ESP EASY 0

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

ESP EASY 3

1 2 3 4

Homebridge

Integrate Arduino / ESP8266 + Blynk IoT to iOS with Homebridge and HomeKit

IoT 0

Project ESP8266-HomeKit, direct inclusion with iOS without Homebridge (SHA-2017)

Homebridge 2

Apple opens HomeKit to Makers and non commercial enterprise projects

Homebridge 0

Integrate Blynk IoT connected objects to iOS with Homebridge (HomeKit)

IoT 4

Jeedom + Homebridge: driving your equipment from an iPhone with Siri

Home Automation 0

1 2

MySensors

Use Node-RED to create a gateway between MySensors and Blynk (local server)

Blynk 0

Node-RED (Tutorial): saving MySensors measurements on InfluxDB

Node-RED 0

ser2net: Serial USB Gateway to Ethernet. Test on RFLink with Domoticz

Home Automation 3

MySensors v2: measurement of temperature and humidity (DHT11/DHT22)

IoT 2

#Guide, how to increase the range of nRF24L01 radio modules of MySensors v2 projects (hardware, configuration)

IoT 0

1 2

Development boards, Web Server and Web Client programming

ESP8266

How to store data on a micro SD card. Arduino code compatible ESP32, ESP8266

Beginner 3

Getting started Arduino. Receive commands from the serial port (ESP32 ESP8266 compatible)

Get Started Arduino 0

C++ functions print•println•printf•sprintf for Arduino ESP32 ESP8266. Combine•format → serial port

Get Started Arduino 0

C++ String functions. concat•c_srt•indexOf•replace•subString… for Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266

Get Started Arduino 0

How to assign a fixed IP to an ESP32 ESP8266 or ESP01 project

Get started ESP8266 0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Web Client (Communication)

Temperature measurement with several DS18B20 probes, Arduino code compatible ESP8266 and ESP32, publication on Domoticz in HTTP

ESP32 14

ESP8266. How to use WiFiManager library to manage WiFi connections

ESP8266 2

ESP8266 (Web Client): Sending Data to Jeedom in TCP / IP Wireless (JSON API) – Part 1

Web Client (Communication) 0

ESP8266 (Web Client): Sending Data to Domoticz in TCP/IP Wireless (API/JSON) – Part 1

Web Client (Communication) 1

1

Web Server (Communication + Interface)

ESP8266, retrieve time from a time server (NTP), elapsed time since last Reset, store time in SPIFFS [Update]

Web Server (Communication + Interface) 3

ESP8266. How to use WiFiManager library to manage WiFi connections

ESP8266 2

Driving the ESP8266 GPIO (Web Server) from Jeedom to TCP / IP Wireless – Part 2

Web Server (Communication + Interface) 0

Driving the GPIO of the ESP8266 (Web Server) from Domoticz to TCP/IP Wireless – Part 2

Web Server (Communication + Interface) 0

ESP8266. How to connect to the WiFi network (ESP8266WiFi and ESP8266WiFiMulti)

Web Server (Communication + Interface) 2

1 2 3

Connected objects (IoT): firmware, servers, languages, dashboards

Blynk

Integrate Arduino / ESP8266 + Blynk IoT to iOS with Homebridge and HomeKit

IoT 0

Recycle a remote-controlled car (RC car) with an ESP8266, Shield Motor Wemos d1 mini and Blynk

Actuators 4

Connecting an ESP8266 to Blynk on WiFi with Johnny-Five (Firmata WiFi)

Languages for IoT 2

IoT development based on Orange Pi, Arduino (Firmata), Nodejs, Blynk and Johnny-Five

Confirmed 4

Blynk + Node.js + Johnny-Five: drive a Pan-Tilt PTZ SG90 kit on Orange Pi with an Arduino / Firmata

Blynk 0

1 2

Cayenne

Cayenne IoT + ESP8266: driving a mini kit Pan-Tilt FPV SG90 in WiFi with a smartphone or tablet

Cayenne 0

Cayenne: Install the librairie on an Orange Pi under Armbian Jessie

Cayenne 4

1

ESP EASY

The firmware ESP Easy Mega arrives on ESP32, test on the Wemos LoLin32 Lite, novelties of the firmware

ESP EASY 0

#Hack: SONOFF S20 plug to make it a super intelligent plug with ESP Easy

ESP EASY 7

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

Home Automation 0

ESP Easy: firmware ESP8266 to create connected and home automation objects without programming

ESP EASY 0

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

ESP EASY 3

1 2 3 4

Node-RED

Xiaomi Mijia Honeywell Smoke Detector Test with Domoticz, Emergency Notification with PushOver

Domoticz 0

Test Zigbee2MQTT gateway. Part 2, include Xiaomi Aqara or Mijia accessories to Domoticz with Node-RED

Domoticz 2

#Test Zigbee2MQTT project, hack of the Xiaomo Aqara Smart Home Gateway. Part 1: assembly, demo with Node-RED, 3D printed case [update]

Home Automation 0

Install Node-RED on Raspbian Jessie Lite on a Raspberry Pi Zero W

Node-RED 3

Node-RED + MQTT + ESP8266: how to drive an articulated PTZ system in WiFi

Node-RED 6

1 2 3 4

Dashboards

New M5PAPER ESP32 from M5Stack. eInk IoT or home automation dashboard

IoT and Home Automation News 0

Open an HTML page when starting Raspberry Pi OS with Chromium Browser in full screen (kiosk mode)

Get Started with Raspberry Pi OS 6

Install Grafana on macOS and Raspbian for Raspberry Pi. How to create a Dashboard for MySensors IoT with Node-RED and InfluxDB

IoT 0

Test Waveshare 7 inch 1024×600 pixel LCD touch screen with acrylic holder for Raspberry Pi

Dashboards 1

Weather station with ePaper display (Dashboard) for Jeedom on Raspberry Pi (via the JSON RPC API)

Dashboards 0

1 2 3

MySensors

Use Node-RED to create a gateway between MySensors and Blynk (local server)

Blynk 0

Node-RED (Tutorial): saving MySensors measurements on InfluxDB

Node-RED 0

ser2net: Serial USB Gateway to Ethernet. Test on RFLink with Domoticz

Home Automation 3

MySensors v2: measurement of temperature and humidity (DHT11/DHT22)

IoT 2

#Guide, how to increase the range of nRF24L01 radio modules of MySensors v2 projects (hardware, configuration)

IoT 0

1 2