The latest articles on DEV Community by Predrag Mijatovic (@predmijat). https://dev.to/predmijat https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F968541%2F4b4d4850-3677-4a0c-b421-ebcc9097e488.png https://dev.to/predmijat en Predrag Mijatovic Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:10:41 +0000 https://dev.to/predmijat/joining-a-wi-fi-network-with-style-29ki https://dev.to/predmijat/joining-a-wi-fi-network-with-style-29ki <p>If you need a guest Wi-Fi network for your home, office, or a coffee shop, you might as well do it with style!</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/APTqu29ApRc" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/APTqu29ApRc</a></p> <p>You'll need a Wi-Fi network (:D) and a small computer screen - I used Raspberry Pi Pico with a 64x128 pixels display.</p> <p>To generate a QR Code that will be recognized by your phone, the string you encode must be in a proper format:</p> <p><code>WIFI:S:&lt;SSID&gt;;T:&lt;WEP|WPA|blank&gt;;P:&lt;PASSWORD&gt;;H:&lt;true|false|blank&gt;;</code></p> <p>Depending on your screen size, you might have to adjust the SSID + password length, so that QR Code can be displayed on a screen that size.</p> <p>Depending on which SBC you use, the code to display the QR Code will be different, but for Pico I used MicroPython.</p> <p>Detailed instructions and a few tricks available at <a href="https://github.com/predmijat/qr_wifi" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/predmijat/qr_wifi</a></p> <p>I hope you like it!</p> community welcome