August 2017 – Victoria PiMakers And Others

Saturday, 9:30 AM
Q-College
Suite 303 – 771 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC (map)

The Internet of things now can control things wirelessly. Control of things using inexpensive radio frequency switches (operating on 433 Mhz) and an ESP8266 micro controller.
wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP8266

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Month: August 2017

Sep 9, 2017 – ESP8266 and 433 Mhz