/esp-lamp-in-sw

ESP8266 application with library to control dimmable ballasts for fluorescent light tubes using MQTT protocol

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#esp-lamp-in-sw

This is an ESP8266 application to control electronic dimmable ballasts for fluorescent tubes.

Hacking the Square - video on YouTube esp_lamp_in_sw wiki on GitHub ESP8266 Forum
Hacking the Square on YouTube Wiki on GitHub ESP8266 Forum

For additional information please refer to YouTube video Hacking the Square, Wiki and ESP9266 forum.

##Tested with

##Features

  • Switch the lamp on / off
  • Dim to specific light intensity
  • Read back on/off status and intensity
  • Read back result of last operation
  • Calibrate

##ESP8266 Application

Application for ESP8266 has been developed, compiled and loaded using Unofficial Development Kit for Espressif ESP8266 by Mikhail Grigorev (thanks) and communicates with external world using MQTT client library for ESP8266 Soc (thanks).

##Required

  • ESP8266 with GPIO and exposed ADC
  • Relay connected to the GPIO
  • Light sensor connected to the ADC
  • Touch and dim lamp connected to the relay
  • MQTT Broker
  • MQTT Client

##Usage

alt Overview schematics

  • Lamp control routines are implemented as a separate library lightsw
  • Method of interfacing with lightsw is of your choice (no need for MQTT)

##Contributing

Feel free to contribute to the project in any way you like!

##Author

krzychb

##Donations

Invite me to freshly squeezed orange juice.

##LICENSE - "MIT License"

Copyright (c) 2015 krzychb

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