A logical choice for controlling a DIY smart home device is the ESP8266. With an integrated microcontroller, 9 GPIO pins which can also be used for I2C or SPI, a serial UART, and built-in Wi-Fi, the ...

When we buy new shiny toys, we usually open them up to at least have a look. [Scott Gibson] does the same, apparently. He found an ESP8266 module inside the EcoPlug brand WiFi-controlled wall switc… ...

Living in a condo with inadequate opportunity for fresh light wiring presented a problem for [Raphael Luckom], which he solved by taking a few off-the-shelf ESP8266-based IoT mains switches. That i… ...