{"id":492,"date":"2018-03-18T22:24:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T05:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2018-03-18T23:07:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:07:40","slug":"the-cheapest-wifi-smart-switch-flashing-the-sonoff-basic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/18\/the-cheapest-wifi-smart-switch-flashing-the-sonoff-basic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cheapest WiFi Smart Switch: Flashing the Sonoff Basic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Setting up a smart home can be a costly affair, if every device needed an expensive proprietary smart switch you would spend quite a bit of money. With a very tiny amount of soldering and some custom firmware, the\u00a0Sonoff Basic<\/a> model can be turned into a locally controlled MQTT enabled WiFi smart switch for about $7 each. These tiny little esp8266 based boards can be spliced into a power cord to add WiFi control to anything.<\/p>\n

I have about a dozen of these and they work great. Because of how cheap they are, I have started adding them to some ridiculous devices. Today’s DIY WiFi retrofit: my coffee mug warmer.<\/p>\n

I want my mug warmer to come on automatically when I enter my office in the morning, but only if I’ve made coffee already. But first, I need to flash some new firmware onto my Sonoff.<\/p>\n

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