2022 Debut: Measuring Heart Rate Using Phyphox, ESP32, and Photoresistor

2022 Debut: Measuring Heart Rate Using Phyphox, ESP32, and Photoresistor

Experimental Scenario 1 Introduction Recently, while reviewing exam papers, I encountered an innovative question based on photoresistors. Inspired by this, I decided to design a clever experiment using Phyphox and ESP32 to see if I could measure my own heart rate. 2 Design Idea Utilizing the combination of Phyphox and ESP32 to measure the resistance … Read more

ESP8266 Module Firmware Local Upgrade Steps

ESP8266 Module Firmware Local Upgrade Steps

The article about the module is about to begin, and I plan to write a series of beginner and intermediate tutorials on modules and STM32 in the future. Generally speaking, manufacturers of the ESP8266 module will periodically upgrade the firmware inside the module and release it, so we must also master the method of upgrading … Read more

Using Phyphox and ESP32 to Capture Induced Electromotive Force from Small Motor Rotation

Using Phyphox and ESP32 to Capture Induced Electromotive Force from Small Motor Rotation

Recently, I was inspired by the quality lesson activities conducted by the city’s backbone teachers at the school. During the listening and evaluation session, I managed to use Phyphox and ESP32 to jointly capture the current change images produced by the rotation of a small motor’s rotor, which was quite exciting. After building the experimental … Read more

Capturing Current Changes of Light Bulb Using Phyphox and ESP32

Capturing Current Changes of Light Bulb Using Phyphox and ESP32

Figure 1 Experimental Scene Recently, the author has been using Phyphox and ESP32 to capture the current changes when a light bulb is turned on. However, the current change at the moment the light bulb is turned on is quite rapid, making it difficult to draw an ideal current change graph. WeChat Official Account “Physics … Read more

Using ESP32 and Phyphox to Plot the I-V Characteristics of a Diode

Using ESP32 and Phyphox to Plot the I-V Characteristics of a Diode

Introduction On the third day of the Lunar New Year, we built an experimental circuit on a breadboard to “plot the I-V characteristics of a diode in the conducting state.” A programmable resistor board was used as the internal resistance of the ammeter, a potentiometer was used as a variable resistor to control the circuit, … Read more

Visualizing the Relationship Between Capacitor Charge and Voltage Using ESP32 and Phyphox

Visualizing the Relationship Between Capacitor Charge and Voltage Using ESP32 and Phyphox

Experimental Scene 1 Introduction Since learning Bluetooth communication with ESP32 and Phyphox during the National Day holiday in 2020, the author has been eager to solve the visualization problem of the relationship between capacitor voltage and charge, attempting to derive the charge amount by integrating the charging current, and then depict the charge-voltage relationship graph. … Read more

Raspberry Pi VoIP SMS Server Setup

Raspberry Pi VoIP SMS Server Setup

Raspberry Pi: GOIP Previously used a USB SIM800-like communication module, operated the serial port with Python after connecting to the computer. Subsequently used Raspberry Pi/ESP32 as the main controller. The open-source asterisk can not only serve as a VoIP server but also bridge PSTN for making and receiving calls and SMS messages. The customized system … Read more

Measuring Electromotive Force of Small Motor Driven by External Force Using Phyphox and ESP32

Measuring Electromotive Force of Small Motor Driven by External Force Using Phyphox and ESP32

Overall View of the Device Last time, when detecting the current changes before and after the rotor of the small motor got stuck using ESP32, the induced electromotive force when the small motor was driven by an external force was measured. However, the changes in electromotive force were too drastic, and the data jumps were … Read more

Exploring Innovative Uses of ESP32

Exploring Innovative Uses of ESP32

A Favored MCU – ESP32 ESP32 integrates 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth dual-mode, using TSMC’s ultra-low power 40nm process, suitable for various IoT application scenarios. 32-bit MCU & 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi & Bluetooth/Bluetooth LE Xtensa 32-bit LX6 single/dual-core processor, computing capability up to 600 MIPS 448 KB ROM 520 KB SRAM 16 KB RTC SRAM … Read more