ESP8266 LED Matrix Bar Weather Station V1 - gClock/Weather/Message Scrolling Web Server (3) 

Features:
- ESP8266 WeMos D1 mini module which I finally found good application for (now you can buy better cheap ESPs)
- 6 x LEDMatrix module with MAX7219 driver
- supplied directly from USB port with USB plug
- all data are synchronized every 7-8 minutes
- time and date are taken from google.com
- weather informations are grabbed from openweather.org JSON api
- no hardware RTC clock is necessary
+ internal temperature, humidity sensor (options - DS18B20, DHT22, DHT12)
+ ESP8266 setup and control as a Wi-Fi Web Server (WiFiManager, OTA, mDNS)
+ receives a message input from a User Input page, then displays the message on a scrolling LED matrix display.
* The interface for all the controls is designed as a webapp for internet browser.
- 6 x MAX7219 8 x 8 LED Matrix module
- 1 x WeMos D1 mini
- 1 x Interface Shield
Schematic is available here:
- Normal: easyeda.com/ne...
- Expansion: easyeda.com/ne... (Unfinished - Future plans)
Source code is available here:
- V1: github.com/Zal...
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Configuring the upload environment
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How to configure standard Arduino IDE to use as Arduino ESP8266 IDE.
First download Arduino IDE and install it on computer.
IMPORTANT: Download old version Arduino IDE Version 1.8.1.
(Tested Version 1.8.9 and Version 1.8.13)
Open Arduino IDE and go to File - Preferences.
Enter arduino.esp8266... under Adittional boards manager.
Select Boards Manager in Tools - Board
Find ESP8266 and press Install
IMPORTANT: Download old version esp8266 by ESP8266 Community Version 2.3.0.
IMPORTANT: Additional Libraries
go to Sketch - Include Library - Manage Libraries
Find and Install
- WiFiManager by tzapu,tablatronix Version 0.15.0
- DHT Sensor library by Adafruit Version 1.3.0
- ArduinoJson by Benoit Blanchon Version 5.11.1
After install select ESP9266 board.
- Board: NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)
- Upload Speed: "115200"
- CPU Frequency: "80 MHz"
- Flash Size: "4M (3M SPIFFS)"
- Port: COM??
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3D Parts:
- Pinshape : pinshape.com/i...
- Thingiverse : www.thingivers...
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