IOT Sensor Project: ESP8266 with DHT11 Sensor sends Data to MQTT

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  • DHT-sensor-library

    Arduino library for DHT11, DHT22, etc Temperature & Humidity Sensors

    • Following the official example, the following program reads from the sensors every 5 seconds, and prints the result via serial:

  • Adafruit_MQTT_Library

    Arduino library for MQTT support

    • We are almost there. for adding MQTT to our program, we will again use Adafruit libraries: Adafruit_MQTT and Adafruit_MQTT_Client. There is a great official example that shows the core aspects about how to use the library. After several tries, here is the working version.

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    • PlatformIO transform your Visual Studio Code IDE into a powerful environment for embedded programming. Its installed as a plugin and add a completely new screen to your IDE. With it, you can install platform and board support for a vast array of microcontrollers. And additionally, you can install and manage all libraries that you need for your project.

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