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24 alternatives to Create an IoT Environmental Sensor with NodeMCU and Lua

Build your own IoT sensor with the NodeMCU and Lua code coupled with the BME280 to measure temperature, humidity and air-pressure and more.

This is a guide for building a custom IoT environmental sensor using NodeMCU, a Lua-programmable platform based on the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip. It covers integrating the BME280 sensor to measure temperature, humidity, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Create an IoT Environmental Sensor with NodeMCU and Lua launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Enviro+ for Raspberry Pi – Environmental sensors▲397

   Monitor your world with Enviro and Enviro + Air Quality for Raspberry Pi!

   2019 · shop.pimoroni.com · its alternatives →

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   WiCub▲73

   An IoT temperature & humidity sensor for your home

   2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   A home environment sensor from a Raspberry Pi and an e-paper device▲55

   2014 · visionect-epaper.com · its alternatives →

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   MicroBot Sense▲74

   Smart sensor that monitors your environment and air quality

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prometheus and Go▲127

   CO₂ & Temperature monitor. Contribute to larsp/co2monitor development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   theO: Smart Indoor Environment Sensor▲80

   Get intelligent insights into your air quality

   2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a desktop radiation monitor with Raspberry Pi, brass and wood▲364

   Here's how to turn a Geiger counter into a desktop radiation monitor powered by a Raspberry Pi. Take a look at this steampunk-inspired project up close.

   2020 · balena.io · its alternatives →

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   Bytebeam▲134

   Build ESP32-based IoT projects 10X faster

   2022 · bytebeam.io · its alternatives →

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   Mendel Sensors▲22

   $99 sensor uses data to help you grow better veggies or weed

   2020 · its alternatives →

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    Frame.IoT▲70

    An Arduino-compatible dev kit for wi-fi projects

    2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Monitoring Temperature/humidity on 433Mhz with Prometheus and Go▲12

    A Prometheus exporter for 433 MHz temperature and humidity sensors - jckuester/weather-station

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart Device ESP32 Firmware for Home Lighting and Weather Station▲10

    IoT Suite for a Smart Home consisting of ESP32-WROOM, Arduino Nano/Uno/Mega, and Raspberry Pi - TheGeekExplorer/IoT-Home

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Authentication for wearables and sensors▲148

    Widget/UI to connect your app to all wearables

    2022 · tryterra.co · its alternatives →

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    FarmNet, an open-source LoRA agricultural sensing/actuation network▲139

    An open source Lora-based farm sensing and actuation network.

    2019 · framagit.org · its alternatives →

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    Particle▲73

    Prototype, scale, and manage your Internet of Things

    2015 · particle.io · its alternatives →

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    Wio Link – ESP8266 Based Web of Things Hardware Development Platform▲26

    2015 · iot.seeed.cc · its alternatives →

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    helloplant▲99

    A beautiful professional smart plant sensor

    2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    PUREmodules▲5

    Modular IoT hardware sensor prototypes

    2016 · puremodules.pureengineering.com · its alternatives →

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    The Internet of Things Business Primer▲91

    A product manager's how-to guide to build an IoT Business

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua▲93

    The smart planter with feelings

    2019 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    A personal Heroku on local hardware to easily connect smart devices▲64

    Experimental Platform provides an easy way to deploy apps on local hardware without the hassle to setup the environment. It enables developers and makers to focus on the things that matter.

    2016 · experimental-platform.github.io · its alternatives →

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    SENSORO▲67

    Easily manage and scale IoT sensor network solution.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    IoTFlows▲67

    IoT platform for Linux

    2021 · iotflows.com · its alternatives →

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    CubeSensors▲67

    Track temperature, humidity, noise, etc across your home.

    2014 · cubesensors.com · its alternatives →

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