All parts used in this post can be gotten from www.nerdshed.com.ng with a pay-on-delivery option.

I'm very sure as Nigerians, there are times we've rushed out of our house without turning off our appliances. This post will guide you in creating your own device which can be used to operate your appliance anywhere in the world over the internet. Let me just give you small yarns about the microcontroller. It's called a NodeMCU. It is a low cost development board that helps you build an IOT project in a short time. It has GPIO pins, PWM, I2C, 1-Wire and ADC. The drawback is that it works on 3V only. This project is really cool and imagine showing off to your friends and family. You can read more on our blog http://blog.nerdshed.com.ng/2017/03/29/ac-lightbulb-internet/

Here's a link to buy the NodeMCU controller dev board https://nerdshed.com.ng/products/esp8266-esp-12e-wifi-development-board-nodemcu-lua