{
  "id": 17802264,
  "title": "ESP8266 IoT Temperature & Humidity Monitoring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/esp8266-iot-temperature-humidity-monitoring",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T13:45:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/harshan_shadow/esp8266-iot-temperature-humidity-monitoring-1bbb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This report details a project for monitoring temperature and humidity remotely using an ESP8266 NodeMCU and a DHT11 sensor. The system consists of three main components: the DHT11 sensor for measuring environmental data, the ESP8266 NodeMCU for reading sensor values and transmitting them via Wi-Fi, and the KiwisIoT Dashboard for displaying the received readings. The project requires the ESP8266 NodeMCU, a DHT11 sensor, jumper wires, a USB cable, a computer, the Arduino IDE, the ESP8266 board package, the KiwisIoT Arduino library, the DHT sensor library, the Adafruit Unified Sensor library, and a KiwisIoT account with Wi-Fi connection. The Arduino code provided reads temperature and humidity from the DHT11 sensor and sends the values to the KiwisIoT Dashboard, which displays the data through two widgets: one for temperature and one for humidity.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}