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Arduino with APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor

Sara Santos — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:53:20 +0000

Learn how to interface an Arduino board with the APDS9960 sensor, which combines gesture detection, proximity sensing, and ambient RGB light measurement over I2C. In this guide, we’ll show you ...

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ESP8266 NodeMCU with APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor (Arduino IDE)

Sara Santos — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:12:00 +0000

Learn how to use the APDS9960 sensor with the ESP8266 board using Arduino IDE. This sensor combines gesture detection, proximity sensing, and ambient RGB light measurement over I2C. In this ...

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ESP32 with APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor (Arduino IDE)

Sara Santos — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:03:18 +0000

Learn how to use the APDS9960 sensor with the ESP32 using Arduino IDE. This sensor combines gesture detection, proximity sensing, and ambient RGB light measurement over I2C. In this guide, ...

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Control ESP32/ESP8266 GPIOs from Anywhere (Firebase Web App)

Sara Santos — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:39:00 +0000

In this guide, you’ll create a Firebase Web App to control the ESP32 or ESP8266 GPIOs from anywhere. The access to the web app is protected with authentication using email ...

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MicroPython: ESP32/ESP8266 Get Device Info (CPU, MAC Address, Flash Size, PSRAM & More)

Sara Santos — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:40:48 +0000

In this quick guide, we’ll share a simple MicroPython script that displays useful information about your board. It’s a great tool for diagnostics and testing. The script retrieves details about ...

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Firebase: Control ESP8266 NodeMCU GPIOs from Anywhere

Sara Santos — Fri, 30 May 2025 08:50:00 +0000

In this guide, you’ll learn how to control the ESP8266 GPIOs from anywhere using Firebase. We’ll create nodes on the Firebase Realtime Database to save the current GPIO states. Whenever ...

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Raspberry Pi Pico with Interrupts: External and Timer Interrupts (MicroPython)

Sara Santos — Thu, 29 May 2025 12:51:30 +0000

In this guide, we’ll show you how to handle interrupts with the Raspberry Pi Pico using MicroPython and build some project examples with a pushbutton and a PIR motion sensor. ...

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Firebase: Control ESP32 GPIOs from Anywhere

Sara Santos — Mon, 26 May 2025 08:39:00 +0000

In this guide, you’ll learn how to control the ESP32 GPIOs from anywhere using Firebase. We’ll create nodes on the Firebase Realtime Database to save the current GPIO states. Whenever ...

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Programming ESP32 with ESP-IDF using VS Code – Getting Started Guide

Rui Santos — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:10:18 +0000

Learn how to program the ESP32 boards with the ESP-IDF (Espressif IoT Development Framework). The ESP-IDF was developed by Espressif and it is intended for development of Internet of Things ...

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ESP8266 NodeMCU Data Logging to Firebase Realtime Database

Sara Santos — Thu, 15 May 2025 06:58:54 +0000

In this guide, you’ll learn how to log data with the ESP8266 NodeMCU to the Firebase Realtime Database with timestamps (data logging) so that you have a record of your ...

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