{"id":524,"date":"2017-07-12T18:18:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/13-37.org\/?p=524\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T23:44:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T21:44:03","slug":"improved-firmware-for-esp8266-led-dimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leetronics.de\/de\/blog\/2017\/07\/12\/improved-firmware-for-esp8266-led-dimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved firmware for ESP8266 LED Dimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I built two units of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/5646-5-wifi-rgb-enabled-led-dimmer-w-esp8266\">ESP8266 WiFi LED Dimmer Hackaday project<\/a> by Tom Clement.<\/p>\n<p>Ordered the PCB&#8217;s for the project from ALLPCB and unexpectedly\u00a0received 22 boards. Thats why I started to sell some of them on Tindie!<\/p>\n<p>The original project was very minimalistic when it comes to both hard- and software design. The hardware was working perfectly fine &#8211; but on the software side it wasn&#8217;t even possible to change the WiFi AP without reflashing the device via serial connection.<\/p>\n<p>There is some &#8222;updateServer&#8220; listening on port 23 to upload new Lua-Scripts, but unfortunately my ESP8266 always resets when trying to do it that way.<\/p>\n<p>Thats why I started improving the firmware step-by-step. In the first, run, I&#8217;ve quickly added a web-page for easy WiFi setup:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106\" src=\"http:\/\/13-37.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/setup-1-1024x540.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leetronics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/setup-1-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/leetronics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/setup-1-555x293.png 555w, https:\/\/leetronics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/setup-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/leetronics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/setup-1-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/leetronics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/setup-1.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can instantly start using the device after first power-up!<\/p>\n<p>Next improvement will be an option to configure the PWM specific parameters, such as frequency and ranges.<\/p>\n<p>Check out my GitHub fork:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/manuel-domke\/esp-dimmer-software\">https:\/\/github.com\/manuel-domke\/esp-dimmer-software<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I built two units of the ESP8266 WiFi LED Dimmer Hackaday project by Tom Clement. 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