ESP with Google Assistant

Google Assistant is amazing. Isn't it?
I tried to control my esp with google assistant. Here's how I did it.

Setting up Adafruit IO

• Go to https://io.adafruit.com/ and sign up.
• Go to Feeds and create a new feed. Feeds hold data that devices push to Adafruit IO.

Select some name and write some description.

• Setup a new dashboard.

Select a name and some description.

• Click on the created dashboard and add a new block (I have taken a toggle block).

• Select feed you would like to add and add block settings. For now I am adding a button to control the builtin led of nodemcu.

Setting up ESP

• Install Adafruit MQTT library. Sketch>Include library>Manage libraries and search for adafruit mqtt

• Goto File>Examples>Adafruit MQTT Library>mqtt_esp8266
• Update SSID/password and Adafruit IO user name and user key.(You will find your Adafruit IO username and key from your dashboard)

• Replace feed name from onoff to espControl
• You need to write the code for the actions you want to perform. Here is a piece of code for controlling builtin led of nodemcu.

Get the complete code : https://github.com/DhiraNegi/esp-with-google-assistant

Google Assistant Integration

Just enable this IFTTT applet and you are ready to go.

Try some more stuff as there is always more to learn.

HAPPY LEARNING 😄