Using the BMP280 Pressure and Temp sensor with ESP32

October 29, 2019 XTronical 4

The BMP280 based pressure and temperature sensors have an amazing accuracy for their price point (around 1$USD, 1Euro, 1GBP or cheaper!) and they are incredibly easy to connect up and use. Both I²C or SPI busses are usually supported. Below is the one similar to those that are readily available. […]

DAC Audio 4.2.1 Released

October 25, 2019 XTronical 13

This version fixes some bugs and adds an additional master volume option. Most of this work is courtesy of two subscribers. One of which did some significant bug fixes, especially on making the library work whilst writing to EEPROM. I only fixed one minor bug. But they don’t want any […]

Using E-Paper (E-Ink) displays with the ESP32

October 2, 2019 XTronical 0

E-Paper (or E-Ink) displays are remarkable devices. They require very little power when up-dating and no power at all once updated. The also provide a paper like contrast and clarity. Which is why they were adopted by e-readers a long time ago. Here we look at hooking them up to ESP32’s.