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IoT Remote Power Switch

A small ESP8266-powered control surface for switching a desk lamp from another internet-connected device.

Remote control, small hardware

This project used an ESP8266 microprocessor as the small network-connected piece in a simple remote power switch. The original write-up was intentionally sparse, but it still marks an important thread in my work: using tiny pieces of hardware to create practical interfaces in the physical world.

The ESP8266 was compelling because it was about the size of a quarter while still packing onboard WiFi, a faster processor, and more memory than many Arduino boards I had used before.

The ESP8266 made small WiFi-enabled control projects approachable.