https://zach.fi/tags/arduino/ Recent content in Arduino on ZachFi https://zach.fi/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://zach.fi/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- 0.148.2 en Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:04:37 -0700 https://zach.fi/posts/environment-monitoring/ Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:04:37 -0700 https://zach.fi/posts/environment-monitoring/ <p>A few years ago, I started dabbling with the ESP chips that have become so popular. For me, the ease of WiFi, and the Arduino compatibility meant that I was able to get up and running much faster. Not having a background in electrical engineering, the simple things like having a good base with the PCB, a couple sensors built-in and easy expansion makes all the difference.</p> <p>Before the ESP chips, I&rsquo;d tried several other wireless communication chips that were each challenging in their own way. Since my ultimate goal is to report the sensor data to a monitoring service, getting up the stack so that I could use IP communication was a big win, and the ESP chips are perfect for this.</p>