Blynk can communicate with the ESP8266 and makes the project relatively simple. ESP8266 and Arduino IDE The ESP8266 Blynk code is straightforward.

Blynk is a platform that has iOS and Android apps that can be designed in minutes to control Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and similar microboards over the internet. Blynk is sort of a prototyping board ...

Android/iOS: If you want to control a Raspberry Pi or Arduino connected device from your phone, you’d usually need to know at least some programming.

He’s provided a wiring diagram in the repository along with the Arduino code for the ESP8266, but the hardware side of this demonstration really isn’t that important.

There is a new mobile platform that quickly syncs up with your homemade electronic projects, called Blynk, free on iOS and Android.

The Blynk app project is currently over on the Kickstarter crowd funding website looking to raise $10,000 in pledges. So if you think Blynk is something your Arduino or Raspberry Pi projects could ...

In this Arduino project, I show you how to build a simple servo laser tower controlled from a smartphone app called Blynk.