This is a walkthrough for the second IoT Workshop I produceded for SERAS. Recording of the workshop: Walkthrough as a PowerPointWalkthrough as a PDFOr Walkthrough as a video on YouTube. The code, for those that don't like typing... Part 1 int buttonValue; void setup(

This is a walkthrough for an IoT Workshop I produced for SERAS. Recording of the workshop: Walkthrough as a PowerPoint Walkthrough as a PDF Or Walkthrough as a video on YouTube. int photoCellPin = 0; int photoCellReading; int LEDPin = 3; int LEDBrightness; void setup() { Serial.

You may wish to refer to the Part 1 shopping list post. You may also wish to refer back to Part 3 and Part 4a of this series. So this section really is just a combination of the previous two parts. Firstly we add

You may wish to refer to the Part 1 shopping list post. The next tutorial is going to be looking at reporting a button state on the web server we built in part 3. First though, we're going to make sure we can build

You may wish to refer to the Part 1 shopping list post. In part 2 of this exploration we connected to and programmed an ESP8266 WiFi module from an Arduino Nano. In this part we will modify that solution to hold a static web

As part of an upcoming series of workshops on IoT I have been endeavouring to learn more about IoT - and specifically IoT on a budget! I'm fortunate enough to have a bunch of Arduino and other electronic bits and bobs laying around from

You may wish to refer to the Part 1 shopping list post. So we have this little esp8266 thing; it's supposed to connect to WiFi. But how do we do that? Well one way is to use a programmer device to connect to it

Maybe not the most influential idea I've ever had, but one which has proven effective and others have shown interest in. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I was once stuck with a decent number of teachers needing CPD. In a pub.

An ex-colleague and good friend asked me to look at some code for her recently - she's trying to learn to code and that's a good thing. I helped her fix a few things but it got me thinking about how many learning points

In preparation for an upcoming book I have spent a little bit of time collating some data. My personal feelings are that we put young people through too many formal assessments at age 16. I've gone through the three biggest exam boards in the