I have a school assignment where I have to do something with arduinos and WiFi and I decided that I want to try and make my own home automation system.
To do this I want to use a few arduino nanos (4+) connected to ESP8266 WiFi modules ---> connected to
a WiFi router ---> connected to an android tablet. I want to be able to control everything from the tablet.
(Se attached picture for futher clarification.)
First off is this even possible with this hardware?
and secondly if it's possible are there any resources on how to do something like this anywhere? I haven't been able to find any documentation on it.
Beware I have very little experience with arduino and this is supposed to be a "learn as you go project"
and we're supposed to find as much information online as possible.
That's a shame - the ones I have are connected to sensors (humidity/temperature plus multiple remote temperature), switches, an OLED display and some lights.
All ESP8266 chips have microcontrollers built in (as well as the WiFi controller). If you use one built onto a more accessible PCB (like the Adafruit Huzzah) it comes with voltage regulator, plenty of I/O pins and an easy way to program it via an FTDI cable. You don't need another Arduino as well.
You'll need to research how to set up your ESP devices as webservers so that your tablet can talk to them. Quite a bit of learning to do.
