EnergyBrainer | Optimise your energy consume ☼

Project Documentation

Introduction

This project involves setting up an ESP8266 board with a DHT11 sensor to report temperature and humidity data to an Express server. The data can be accessed through a mobile app called EnergyBrainer.

Android App

https://expo.dev/artifacts/eas/oDfnAHLe9LbCFfV68hZwbQ.apk

Hardware Required

1. ESP8266 board
2. DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor
3. USB cable for ESP8266 board
4. Breadboard and jumper wires

Software Required

1. Arduino IDE / VS Code
2. DHT sensor library for Arduino
3. EnergyBrainer app

Wiring the ESP8266 and DHT11

• Connect the ESP8266 to the breadboard.
• Connect the DHT11 sensor to the breadboard.
• Connect the VCC pin of the DHT11 sensor to the 3.3V pin of the ESP8266.
• Connect the GND pin of the DHT11 sensor to the GND pin of the ESP8266.
• Connect the data pin of the DHT11 sensor to D7 pin of the ESP8266.

Setting up ESP8266 Board

• Connect the ESP8266 board to your computer using a USB cable.
• Open the Arduino IDE and select the correct board and port in the "Tools" menu.
• Install the DHT sensor library for Arduino.
• Copy and paste the code /energybrain/src/main.cpp into the Arduino IDE:
• Replace your_SSID and your_PASSWORD with your WiFi network credentials.
• Upload the code to the ESP8266 board.

Setting up your own server

• Install Node.js and NPM on your computer if you haven't already.
• Run git clone https://github.com/DoggoDev-0/energybrain.git
• Open a command prompt or terminal and navigate to the express-temperature directory.
• Run the following command to install dependencies:npm install
• Run the following command to start the Express server:npm run start