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A door opener for many interesting applications? The based camera module is very capable and easy to use. And it can run from LiPo battery! Read more here:

ESP32: M5 Camera Module The M5 stack has some clever hardware in its portfolio. Honestly, so far I only had contact with this camera module. Here is a super quick guide to get the came

You know you can send the ESP8266 to deep sleep (just like most other MCUs). Do you also for how it can sleep and still wake up afterwards? Curious to find out if your knowledge is still up to date? Then head over to https://thingpulse.com/2018/…/10/max-deep-sleep-for-esp8266/

Max deep sleep for ESP8266 - ThingPulse We are going to look at what the current max deep sleep for ESP8266 is i.e. the maximum duration during which the ESP8266 can sleep deeply - and still wake up afterwards. How significant did the Espressif SDK 2.1 improve things for battery powered devices?

How to improve the run-time of your battery driven device by 40%?

5 Hacks to Prolong your ESPaper's Battery Run-Time - ThingPulse In the last post I showed you how you can use cheap hardware to get a reasonable good power consumption test rig. In this post we are going to use this tool to improve the runtime of the ESPaper significantly. The short trial and error cycle possible with this tool will let us validate several …

How to use Seeeduino with module to connect to , send coordinates to and visualize them on https://lnkd.in/eub4YWi … Buzzword Bingo? Maybe, but it works!😀

Using Seeeduino LoRaWAN with GPS and Loriot.io In the first blog post blog post in this series I showed you how can configure the Seeeduino LoRaWAN module to connect it to TheThingsNetwork (TTN). The second

Interview with ESP8266/ESP32 Mongoose OS CTO Sergey Lyubka https://blog.squix.org/2017/09/esp8266-and-esp32-interview-with-sergey-lyubka-from-mongoose-os.html

ESP8266 and ESP32: Interview with Sergey Lyubka from Mongoose OS Hi Sergey, thank you so much much for agreeing to this interview! Can you tell us a bit about your role at Mongoose OS? I am a technical cofounder and CTO of

Next Weekend Project? DIY Oscilloscope Kit review:

Fun Projects: DIY Oscilloscope If you are looking for a fun project for your next weekend then the DSO150 Oscilloscope from JYE Tech might be the right thing for you. It is a kit which requi

Read about my first steps with LinkIt 7697 development module. BLE, WiFi IDE

First Steps with the LinkIt 7697 The LinkIt 7697 is a development board equipped with the MT7697 from MediaTek and at first glance it looks a bit like a twin of the ESP32. It comes with Bluetoo

Build a simple TTN data logger with Google Spreadsheet:
https://blog.squix.org/2017/07/thethingsnetwork-how-to-use-google-spreadsheet-to-log-data.html

TheThingsNetwork/ LoRaWAN: How to Use Google Spreadsheet to Log data In my last post I showed you how to configure the Seeeduino LoRaWAN module to connect to TheThingsNetwork (TTN). But this is only half the rent. You want to do

How to setup Seeeduino LoRaWAN with : https://blog.squix.org/2017/07/seeeduino-lora-gps-getting-started-with-lorawan-and-ttn.html

Seeeduino LoRa GPS: Getting Started with LoRaWAN (and TTN) In the last couple of months I had the chance to play around with LoRaWAN. In case you have never heard of LoRaWAN, it is THE radio communication protocol for t

Finally a new post! Read about my engineering challenges with the new ESP8266 WeatherStation Color version: https://blog.squix.org/2017/07/new-weatherstation-color-version-published.html

New WeatherStation Color Version published It's been a while since my last post, but I have been working hard on improving the WeatherStation Color. Read here the engineering challenges I had to overcome

I'm very excited to ship my WeatherStation Starter Kit to worldwide destinations from Chinese fulfillment service https://blog.squix.org/2017/04/esp8266-weather-station-shipping-from-a-fulfillment-center-in-china.html

ESP8266 Weather Station: Shipping From a Fulfillment Center in China Ever since the launch of the ESP8266 Weather Station in the US Amazon store I had to ship two different versions of this product. The customized box contai