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Alexa controlled fan with XinaBox, coded on ESP8266 with Arduino IDE
Use your voice to control a switch with Amazon Alexa and XinaBox. This project uses the highly popular ESP8266 (xChip CW01), together with an IP01 Programmer and OC03 Solid-State Relay, and is coded in Arduino.

Arduino IDE users: Which XinaBox Core is best for you?
XinaBox currently provides 6 cores (aka MCU or Micro Controller Units), all of which are compatible with Arduino IDE: CW01 - Wi-Fi Core (ESP8266) CW02 - Wi-Fi & BLE Core (ESP32) CC01 - Uno Core (ATmega328P) CC03 - Cortex M0+ Core (ATSAMD21G18) CS11 - Core...

Getting Started for Arduino users - Retrieving the time from a time server using ESP8266
Here is the fourth in our blog series for Arduino IDE users - this time showing you how to retrieve the correct time from a time server, after connecting the ESP8266 to WiFi. Our previous blogs covered: Getting Started with xChip Core CW01...

Getting Started for Arduino users - Connecting CW01 (ESP8266) to WiFi

Getting started for Arduino IDE users - Programming CW01 (ESP8266) to flash the LED

Win a fantastic XinaBox IoT Starter Kit, powered by Zerynth, with our competition in Electronics Weekly
Win a fantastic XinaBox IoT Starter Kit, powered by Zerynth with our competition with Electronics Weekly. We are offering 3 kits, with the prize draw taking place at the end of November 2018. Enter here!

Getting Started for Arduino IDE users - with xChip Core CW01 (ESP8266) and IP01 programmer
This is the first in a series of blogs to help Arduino users get started quickly with XinaBox. Will will cover the basics of assembling xChips, and programming simple operations to demonstrate the power of our xChip prototyping range. Please see our...

XinaBox kits at The Things Conference Italy – explore LoRaWAN and Python with Zerynth
Read all about The Things Conference in Italy next week with Zerynth. We are delighted to join as hardware sponsor and provide kits for the conference and Zerynth workshop.

RS DesignSpark: Rapid prototyping a long-range wireless sensor system with XinaBox
Check out the DesignSpark article on Prototyping LoRa Wireless Monitoring with XinaBox: Sending Data Rapid prototyping a long-range wireless sensor system with the modular electronics platform. In part 1 Andrew Back outlined the use case and took a look at LoRa wireless...

Prototyping with WolkAbout IoT Platform, Zerynth and XinaBox
Check out this tutorial from WolkAbout on setup of their great cloud solution with Zerynth and XinaBox.

Electronics Weekly: XinaBox addresses IoT with modular xChips
Electronics Weekly's profiled XinaBox's Modular xChips in August 2018: https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/boards/xinabox-addresses-iot-modular-xchips-2018-08/