Meter PZEM-004 + ESP8266 & Platform IoT Ubidots

In this opportunity we will integrate our active power meter or power consumption, Peacefair Pzem-004 with the IoT Ubidots platform using an ESP8266 module, later we will create a dashboard to visualize the 4 available variables such as active power, accumulated electrical consumption, voltage and current . Update Ubidots Libraries V3.0.0 for ESP8266 modules I…

Alexa Amazon Echo Dot First Steps and Settings

For a long time I wanted to try one of these Amazon Echo and a few weeks ago mine arrived, but what is it and what can be done with them? let’s configure and test a little. Amazon Echo is a smart speaker with additional functions such as the ability to send voice commands, ask…

PDAControl Share & Learn – Programming Design Automation & Control

Start as small tests referring to electronics and has become an interaction space of IoT Platforms, Software, Hardware, Firmware, Automation some Industrial integrations, Trying to implement the Open Source philosophy. Tests with platforms such as Node-RED, Emoncms, Cayenne, Ubidots, Blynk, ThingSpeak, Mongoose OS, aRest.io, Carriots, Thinger.io, Adafruit.io among others Industrial Protocols: Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP…

Introduction and Create account in Platform The Things Network IoT LoRaWAN

In this opportunity we will create an account in the platform The Things Network and we will make a brief introduction, TTN a good initiative to build a network for the internet of things or “IoT”. The Things Network has implemented the LoRaWAN technology, which has 3 important characteristics LoRaWAN is technically a standard protocol…

Update HTTPS Redirect Version 2.0 ESP8266 & Google Spreadsheets

In previous tests we made the communication of an ESP8266 module and bidirectional sending of data to a Google Sheet  with the help of Google Script, Initially thanks to Sujay Phadke “electronicsguy” the creator of the HTTPSRedirect library, a few months ago I made considerable improvements to said library and we will do a quick…

Meter PZEM-004 + ESP8266 & Platform IoT Node-RED & Modbus TCP/IP

In this opportunity we will integrate our active power meter or electric consumption,Pzem-004 – Peacefair with the IoT Node-RED integration platform used in previous tutorials, we will use an ESP8266 module configured as Modbus TCP / IP slave, later we will visualize the measurements in Node- RED Dashboard to visualize the 4 available variables such as…

Communication LoRa ESP8266 & Radio RFM95 #1

One of the most named technologies to be implemented for the Internet of Things, which has very striking features long distance communication and low power reflected in its low consumption, LoRa “Lo ng – Ra nge”, this type of modulation has been become very popular in data sending and receiving projects, there are some libraries…

Introduction LoRa & Module RFM95 Hoperf

In this opportunity we will make a brief characterization about LoRa ™ and specifically Radio RFM95/96 manufactured by Hoperf Electronics. Since a couple of months ago, 2 modules arrived, initially I want to make an introduction on the subject that had been pending for a long time. Website: Hoperf Electronics Personally for a long time I…

How to find IP addresses of Ethernet devices?

In this opportunity we will address a problem that has happened to us when we need to obtain the IP address of an Ethernet device, it can be a PC, Smartphone, PLC in our case it can be an Arduino with shield ethernet, ESP8266 or ESP32. If we do not have the possibility to see or know…

Electricity consumption meter Peacefair PZEM 004 + ESP8266 & Arduino Nano

For some time I wanted to buy a single-phase electricity consumption meter, a few months ago I got Peacefair Reference PZEM-004 meter, its price seemed affordable, it has the advantages of being a non-invasive meter in the electrical circuit and has a communication protocol to request data such as Active Instantaneous Power “kW”, Voltage “V”,…