Not much difference in lag time because the major lag is from IFTTT actually. And keeping the ESP awake would drastically reduce the battery life so it is not at all recommended for a battery based unit :)
why we need to use RF doorbell ? I thought we just need the simple doorbell, then connect the push button to the ESP8266 as input, when we press doorbell, the ESP8266 receive input then send message to my phone through wifi ?
Conventional door bells work on AC 220/110 volts. So, this tutorial is not suitable for that. But yeah if you have a DC door bell which uses just 5V or less, you can use this tutorial as reference. I used an RF doorbell because I was already using one and just wanted to integrate WiFi into it. If you don't want to use an RF doorbell or don't need the physical sound from the bell then, we can directly just connect a button to ESP8266 (and power the circuit obviously either through an AC to DC adapter or batteries) and use it as phone-notification-only bell.
@@Robotsreloaded Thanks a lot for detail reply. Is it better if i let ESP8266 control the bell ? Then i only need bell and a button, don't even need for doorbell circuit ?
@@YuriSekaii If you don't want any physical chime sounds and only want to get notification/call on phone when someone presses the button then yes, you don't need the doorbell circuit at all. Just need an ESP8266, a momentary type push button connected to it's reset pin and finally batteries to power the ESP (Or preferably an SMPS which is connected to mains and gives output of 5V/1A DC and then add a 3.3V voltage regulator in between that and the ESP since ESP can't handle 5V)
For future reference, the dollar sign is supposed to be placed BEFORE the numbers, not AFTER! We learned that in second grade, but perhaps you were absent that day.
👍Hello author, I read your article, this is a great project, thank you for sharing, by the way, I believe this is not limited to doorbells, I want to make this one (without using RF wireless doorbell circuit board) to become an emergency The call button device will be used by my family and my parents (elderly people) As long as they simply operate it, they press the button and the calling method is IFTTT (I will modify the code and want to use it in LINE method)) I will go home quickly to deal with things The RESET of ESP-01 is connected to the button end, and the other end is connected to ground (-)
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I've used your tutorial in two projects, and I really appreciate it. I don't care where you put the dollar sign :) Thanks for sharing your work.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback :)
Can you use us plug instead of a battery operated?
No, this tutorial is meant only for battery powered doorbells. Cannot be used for AC mains.
Can having the ESP awake remove the lag of getting the notification? Does leaving it awake have an effect apart from the battery life?
Not much difference in lag time because the major lag is from IFTTT actually. And keeping the ESP awake would drastically reduce the battery life so it is not at all recommended for a battery based unit :)
why we need to use RF doorbell ?
I thought we just need the simple doorbell, then connect the push button to the ESP8266 as input, when we press doorbell, the ESP8266 receive input then send message to my phone through wifi ?
Conventional door bells work on AC 220/110 volts. So, this tutorial is not suitable for that. But yeah if you have a DC door bell which uses just 5V or less, you can use this tutorial as reference. I used an RF doorbell because I was already using one and just wanted to integrate WiFi into it. If you don't want to use an RF doorbell or don't need the physical sound from the bell then, we can directly just connect a button to ESP8266 (and power the circuit obviously either through an AC to DC adapter or batteries) and use it as phone-notification-only bell.
@@Robotsreloaded Thanks a lot for detail reply.
Is it better if i let ESP8266 control the bell ? Then i only need bell and a button, don't even need for doorbell circuit ?
@@YuriSekaii If you don't want any physical chime sounds and only want to get notification/call on phone when someone presses the button then yes, you don't need the doorbell circuit at all. Just need an ESP8266, a momentary type push button connected to it's reset pin and finally batteries to power the ESP (Or preferably an SMPS which is connected to mains and gives output of 5V/1A DC and then add a 3.3V voltage regulator in between that and the ESP since ESP can't handle 5V)
For future reference, the dollar sign is supposed to be placed BEFORE the numbers, not AFTER! We learned that in second grade, but perhaps you were absent that day.
I'm an Indian so never learnt that in school. Anyway, thank you for your feedback.
👍Hello author, I read your article, this is a great project, thank you for sharing, by the way, I believe this is not limited to doorbells, I want to make this one (without using RF wireless doorbell circuit board) to become an emergency The call button device will be used by my family and my parents (elderly people) As long as they simply operate it, they press the button and the calling method is IFTTT (I will modify the code and want to use it in LINE method)) I will go home quickly to deal with things
The RESET of ESP-01 is connected to the button end, and the other end is connected to ground (-)
Thank you so much for your comment. Yes you are absolutely correct. We can use this concept to make a tiny SOS button in the method you described!