MJRoBot (Marcelo Rovai)
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IoT Motion Detector With NodeMCU and BLYNK

Every time a movement is detected by the sensor, a message is sent to a smartphone anywhere in the world!

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IoT Motion Detector With NodeMCU and BLYNK

Things used in this project

Hardware components

NodeMCU ESP8266 Breakout Board
NodeMCU ESP8266 Breakout Board
×1
Motion Sensor HC-SR501
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
Red
×1
Resistor 1k ohm
Resistor 1k ohm
×1
Resistor 2.21k ohm
Resistor 2.21k ohm
×1
Resistor 221 ohm
Resistor 221 ohm
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Blynk
Blynk

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Schematics

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Code

Code snippet #1

Arduino
/* HC-SR501 Motion Detector */
#define ledPin D7 // Red LED
#define pirPin D1 // Input for HC-SR501

int pirValue; // variable to store read PIR Value

void setup() 
{
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(pirPin, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}

void loop() 
{
  pirValue = digitalRead(pirPin);
  digitalWrite(ledPin, pirValue);
}

Code snippet #2

Arduino
/**************************************************************
 * IoT Motion Detector with Blynk
 * Blynk library is licensed under MIT license
 * This example code is in public domain.
 * 
 * Developed by Marcelo Rovai - 30 November 2016
 **************************************************************/
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial    // Comment this out to disable prints and save space
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
char auth[] = "YOUR AUTH CODE HERE";

/* WiFi credentials */
char ssid[] = "YOUR SSID";
char pass[] = "YOUR PASSWORD";

/* HC-SR501 Motion Detector */
#define ledPin D7 
#define pirPin D1 // Input for HC-S501
int pirValue; // Place to store read PIR Value

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(10);
  Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(pirPin, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}

void loop()
{
  getPirValue();
  Blynk.run();
}

/***************************************************
 * Get PIR data
 **************************************************/
void getPirValue(void)
{
  pirValue = digitalRead(pirPin);
  if (pirValue) 
  { 
    Serial.println("==> Motion detected");
    Blynk.notify("T==> Motion detected");  
  }
  digitalWrite(ledPin, pirValue);
}

Credits

MJRoBot (Marcelo Rovai)

MJRoBot (Marcelo Rovai)

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Professor, Engineer, MBA, Master in Data Science. Writes about Electronics with a focus on Physical Computing, IoT, ML, TinyML and Robotics.

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