Intro to Embedded System with ESP32 [Web Server]
I will continue the ESP 32 project from the last blog in this blog. I’ll share my experience regarding Web Server with ESP32 by creating a small project about simulating a room temperature controller using LED as an alternative to a fan motor and a BMP280 for the External Sensor by accessing it on a website in a local network and clicking a button to controlling the LED. If you’re new to ESP32, I’ve already covered some topics here.
Let’s dive into the project!
— Component Required
- ESP32
- LED
- BMP280
- Jumper wires
- Resistor
— Web Server
Here’s the schematic I’ll use to simulate the project.
You can check the GPIO pin in the related blog I’ve covered before.
— Code
The code I’ll use here is modified from randomnerdtutorials:
// Load Wi-Fi library
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Adafruit_BMP280.h>
#define BMP_SCK (13)
#define BMP_MISO (12)
#define BMP_MOSI (11)
#define BMP_CS (10)
Adafruit_BMP280 bmp;
// Replace with your network credentials
const char* ssid = "YOURWIFI";
const char* password = "YOURPASSWORD";
// Set web server port number to 80
WiFiServer server(80);
// Variable to store the HTTP request
String header;
// Auxiliar variables to store the current output state
String output4State = "off";
// Assign output variables to GPIO pins
const int output4 = 4;
// Current time
unsigned long currentTime = millis();
// Previous time
unsigned long previousTime = 0;
// Define timeout time in milliseconds (example: 2000ms = 2s)
const long timeoutTime = 2000;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println(F("BMP280 test"));
unsigned status;
status = bmp.begin(0x76);
if (!status) {
Serial.println(F("Could not find a valid BMP280 sensor, check wiring or "
"try a different address!"));
Serial.print("SensorID was: 0x"); Serial.println(bmp.sensorID(),16);
Serial.print(" ID of 0xFF probably means a bad address, a BMP 180 or BMP 085\n");
Serial.print(" ID of 0x56-0x58 represents a BMP 280,\n");
Serial.print(" ID of 0x60 represents a BME 280.\n");
Serial.print(" ID of 0x61 represents a BME 680.\n");
while (1) delay(10);
}
bmp.setSampling(Adafruit_BMP280::MODE_NORMAL, /* Operating Mode. */
Adafruit_BMP280::SAMPLING_X2, /* Temp. oversampling */
Adafruit_BMP280::SAMPLING_X16, /* Pressure oversampling */
Adafruit_BMP280::FILTER_X16, /* Filtering. */
Adafruit_BMP280::STANDBY_MS_500); /* Standby time. */
// Initialize the output variables as outputs
pinMode(output4, OUTPUT);
// Set outputs to LOW
digitalWrite(output4, LOW);
// Connect to Wi-Fi network with SSID and password
Serial.print("Connecting to ");
Serial.println(ssid);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
// Print local IP address and start web server
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected.");
Serial.println("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
server.begin();
}
void loop(){
WiFiClient client = server.available(); // Listen for incoming clients
if (client) { // If a new client connects,
currentTime = millis();
previousTime = currentTime;
Serial.println("New Client."); // print a message out in the serial port
String currentLine = ""; // make a String to hold incoming data from the client
while (client.connected() && currentTime - previousTime <= timeoutTime) { // loop while the client's connected
currentTime = millis();
if (client.available()) { // if there's bytes to read from the client,
char c = client.read(); // read a byte, then
Serial.write(c); // print it out the serial monitor
header += c;
if (c == '\n') { // if the byte is a newline character
// if the current line is blank, you got two newline characters in a row.
// that's the end of the client HTTP request, so send a response:
if (currentLine.length() == 0) {
// HTTP headers always start with a response code (e.g. HTTP/1.1 200 OK)
// and a content-type so the client knows what's coming, then a blank line:
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
client.println("Content-type:text/html");
client.println("Connection: close");
client.println();
// turns the GPIOs on and off
if (header.indexOf("GET /4/on") >= 0) {
Serial.println("GPIO 4 on");
output4State = "on";
digitalWrite(output4, HIGH);
} else if (header.indexOf("GET /4/off") >= 0) {
Serial.println("GPIO 4 off");
output4State = "off";
digitalWrite(output4, LOW);
}
// Display the HTML web page
client.println("<!DOCTYPE html><html>");
client.println("<head><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">");
client.println("<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"data:,\">");
// CSS to style the on/off buttons
// Feel free to change the background-color and font-size attributes to fit your preferences
client.println("<style>html { font-family: Helvetica; display: inline-block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;}");
client.println(".button { background-color: #4CAF50; border: none; color: white; padding: 16px 40px;");
client.println("text-decoration: none; font-size: 30px; margin: 2px; cursor: pointer;}");
client.println(".button2 {background-color: #555555;}</style></head>");
// CSS to style table
client.println("<style>body { text-align: center; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Arial;}");
client.println("table { border-collapse: collapse; width:35%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; }");
client.println("th { padding: 12px; background-color: #0043af; color: white; }");
client.println("tr { border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; }");
client.println("tr:hover { background-color: #bcbcbc; }");
client.println("td { border: none; padding: 12px; }");
client.println(".sensor { color:white; font-weight: bold; background-color: #bcbcbc; padding: 1px; }");
// Web Page Heading
client.println("<body><h1>ESP32 Web Server</h1>");
client.println("</style></head><body><h1>ESP32 with BMP280</h1>");
client.println("<table><tr><th>MEASUREMENT</th><th>VALUE</th></tr>");
client.println("<tr><td>Temp. Celsius</td><td><span class=\"sensor\">");
client.println(bmp.readTemperature());
client.println(" *C</span></td></tr>");
client.println("<tr><td>Temp. Fahrenheit</td><td><span class=\"sensor\">");
client.println(1.8 * bmp.readTemperature() + 32);
client.println(" *F</span></td></tr>");
client.println("<tr><td>Pressure</td><td><span class=\"sensor\">");
client.println(bmp.readPressure() / 100.0F);
client.println(" hPa</span></td></tr>");
client.println("<tr><td>Approx. Altitude</td><td><span class=\"sensor\">");
client.println(bmp.readAltitude(1013.25));
client.println(" m</span></td></tr>");
// Display current state, and ON/OFF buttons for GPIO 4
client.println("<p>GPIO 4 - State " + output4State + "</p>");
// If the output26State is off, it displays the ON button
if (output4State=="off") {
client.println("<p><a href=\"/4/on\"><button class=\"button\">ON</button></a></p>");
} else {
client.println("<p><a href=\"/4/off\"><button class=\"button button2\">OFF</button></a></p>");
}
client.println("</body></html>");
// The HTTP response ends with another blank line
client.println();
// Break out of the while loop
break;
} else { // if you got a newline, then clear currentLine
currentLine = "";
}
} else if (c != '\r') { // if you got anything else but a carriage return character,
currentLine += c; // add it to the end of the currentLine
}
}
}
// Clear the header variable
header = "";
// Close the connection
client.stop();
Serial.println("Client disconnected.");
Serial.println("");
}
}The LED here is connected to GPIO4.
Before running the code you’ll need to configure the network credential by adjusting it according to your local network.
Port 80 here represents the HTTP port.
output4State represents variables to store the current output state of the button later in the website.
The following line of code represents the mechanism to begin connection with the Wifi. If the connection succeeds, it’ll print the ESP IP address in the serial monitor.
Listening for incoming clients with this following line of code.
The code below will save the incoming data when clients request.
The following line of code will check the clicked button and store the state to control the LED.
The following line of code will be displaying the HTML web page and the CSS styling of the web page.
After displaying the HTML page, this code will be displaying the state of the LED and display a button whether the state is on or off.
Last, this code will be displaying the sensor’s value in a table with the styling we’ve defined before.
After running the code above, here’s the result.
By following the step above you’ve already finished this simple project about ESP32 Web Server. Congrats 🎉. This is simply a simple experiment with ESP32 Web Server; you may try more complex circuits and programs.
This blog can be helpful for those who are learning and getting started using ESP32. That’s all for this project, stay tuned for the next experiment with ESP32 !!
