IoT Workshop - Open House 2017

Control a strip of LEDs via WiFi using a NodeMCU board, and a website.

Getting Started

To begin, you will need a WS2812 LED strip, a NodeMCU board, and a MicroUSB data cable for connecting to the board.
In addition, you should have the Arduino IDE already installed on your computer, along with the NeoPixel library.

Installation instructions for the NeoPixel library can be found here.

Prerequisites

1. Click on the ‘Clone or download’ button above, followed by ‘Download ZIP’, to download the files into your desktop.
2. Extract the files from the downloaded ZIP.
3. Rename the folder to iotworkshop.

Setting up

1. Open iotworkshop.ino.
2. Set up your Arduino IDE for the NodeMCU according to the instructions here
3. Key in your desired WiFi credentials.
4. Upload your code to the board.

Getting started

1. Connect to the WiFi using the name and password you have set.
2. Go to 192.168.4.1 on your browser.
3. Enjoy!

Questions?

Feel free to leave any questions you have in the ‘Issues’ section above.

Hope you enjoyed the workshop!