The WiFi IR Blaster combines an ESP8266 – a powerful WiFi/microcontroller SoC – with IR emitters and
receivers. With built-in WiFi support, the ESP8266 can be programmed to provide an interface between HTTP,
MQTT, TCP, etc. and infrared-controlled devices.
This tutorial will explain how to assemble the WiFi IR Blaster and it will detail how to program the ESP8266 using
the Arduino IDE. Once complete, you’ll have a simple web server than can emit infrared signals at the click of a
browser-page.
Required Materials
The WiFi IR Blaster includes the board, an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver. You’ll need a handful of other
tools and components to get it powered and programmed:
