readme.md

wemos-d1-firebase-display

Demo

A remote display controlled with ESP82666

Click on the images to see a n HQ demo

Boot	Demo

Motivation

This is how me and my wife communicate these days 😁🤷‍.

My friend Uri Shaked introduced me to esp8266 and it's been almost 10 years since I've written C/C++/Embeddedd. so why not?

Hardware

Wemos D1 Mini OLED 0.66'' (64x48)

Installation

Arduino IDE

• download firebase-arduino
• Arduino Studio > Sketch > Include Library > Add .ZIP Library

Firebase

• create new project (change the name of the project in all the following)
• navigate to project settings
• grab the database secrets
  warning : "database secrets" are currently deprecated and use a legacy Firebase token generator. Update your source code with the Firebase Admin SDK.
• make sure you have firebase-cli (npm install -g firebase-tools)

Configuration

• rename src/wemos/config.sample.h to src/wemos/config.h and add your values
• change "wemos-d1-firebase-display" in src/web/.firebaserc to be your firebase project name

Gotchas

• if you're getting
  • Firebase.h:26:25: fatal error: ArduinoJson.h: No such file or directory"
  • FirebaseObject.h:109:21: error: 'StaticJsonBuffer' was not declared in this scope
• Arduino Studio > Sketch > Include Library > make sure ArduinoJson is version 5.13.2

Run

• upload src/wemos/main.display.firebase.ino to your ESP8266
• deploy the firebase admin webpage $ src/web> firebase deploy
• open the web interface (https://wemos-d1-firebase-display.firebaseapp.com/)

Editor

• if you're familiar with programming and used to have nice tools, maybe arduino IDE is not for you I advise to use VSCode + Arduino extension. remember to configure the IDE as below