July 2016
Intermediate to advanced
226 pages
4h 6m
English
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Controlling the lamp from anywhere in the world
We are now going to use the same principles and code that we used so far for another application: controlling a lamp (or any electrical appliance) from anywhere in the world.
The configuration for this section is very simple: first, place the ESP8266 module on the breadboard, if that's not been done yet. Then, connect the Vin+ pin of the PowerSwitch Tail to the pin number 5 of the ESP8266. Finally, connect the two remaining pins of the PowerSwitch Tail to the GND pins of the ESP8266.
This is a picture of the final result:
Then, connect the lamp (or the electrical appliance of your choosing) to the PowerSwitch ...