
Building a WiFi Touch Screen Thermostat with ESP8266 and Arduino IDE
Picture this: You’re sipping cocoa in pajamas while remotely adjusting your home’s temperature because your thermostat suddenly developed a PhD in laziness. That’s the dream we’re chasing today as we build a touchscreen WiFi thermostat using ESP8266 and Arduino IDE – no soldering iron PhD required! 🔧 Hardware Ingredients List Let’s raid the digital pantry: ESP8266 NodeMCU (The WiFi wizard) 3.2" TFT Touch Screen (Your finger’s new dance floor) DS18B20 Temperature Sensor (The snitch that tells on cold rooms) 5V Relay Module (The HVAC bouncer) Breadboard & Jumper Wires (The messy love story) MicroUSB Cable (For caffeinating your circuit) flowchart LR A[ESP8266] --> B[TFT Touch Screen] A --> C[DS18B20 Sensor] A --> D[5V Relay] D --> E[HVAC System] 🚀 Firmware Flashing Party Time to teach our ESP8266 some new tricks:...