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RFLink ESP

This is an RF to MQTT gateway build for an ESP8266 board (see #MCU for more).

It receive OOK 433MHz signals, then it identifies, decodes and push them over MQTT.

Projet is based on RFlink project "R29" (see rflink.nl, latest known open source shard version).

1. MCU

We use extensively Wemos ESP8266 D1 mini clone.

This is default settings in Platformio.ini and RFLink.h files.

You may use:

  • Other ESP8266/ESP8255 based boards, when no pins limitations. NodeMCUv2 is known working.
  • ESP32 based boards should work too. Although we need feedbacks there.
  • Arduino board (Uno, Pro Mini, Mega) are working too, of course without WiFi/MQTT part.

2. Receiver / Transmitter / Transceiver

We mainly use RXB6 receiver. It is simple, steady, running on 3.3v, easy to find and cheap.

Many other receivers will do! Simply *** Please avoid generic noname receiver ***

Receivers

3. OLED display

You can use an OLED display! We used SSD1306 128x64 I2C screen for our testings.

*** This is highly experimental ***, and thus not activated by default.

OLED

4. IDE

5. Framework

We use Arduino Core for ESP8266 https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino

6. Libraries

So far, in addition of core libraries, we use:

7. COMPILE OPTIONS AND FLAGS

Many features are not enabled by default or can be disabled for various reasons : firmware size, compability etc etc. Here is a listing with some instructions:

MQTT Server (disabled by default)

  • Define compilation flag MQTT_ENABLED or define it in 6_WIFI_MQTT.h
  • If you have not enabled WifiManager, make sure you update Wifi settings in 6_Credentials.h

8. Additional info

Pinout

  • When WebServer is active (which is default), pin setup has to be done there.
  • For safety & simplicity, default WebServer setup is : all pin inactive.
  • You may add decoupling capacitors and antenna to improve results.
  • This is a simple RX pin wiring :
Name D1 mini RXB6
PIN_RF_TX_VCC D5 5 VCC
PIN_RF_TX_NA D6 6 DER
PIN_RF_TX_DATA D7 7 DAT
PIN_RF_TX_GND D8 8 GND

Pinout

Alternative Pinout

  • ESP8266 can't draw more than 12mA on a GPIO pin.
  • Some receivers have current spikes bigger than that (eg RXB12).
  • This lead to a non working receiver / non starting ESP.
  • Here is a more safe wiring
Name (Alt) D1 mini RXB6
PIN_RF_TX_VCC 3v3 5 VCC
PIN_RF_TX_NA N/A 6 DER
PIN_RF_TX_DATA D7 7 DAT
PIN_RF_TX_GND GND 8 GND

Thanks

Special thanks to: Axellum, Etimou, Schmurtz, Zoomx