But by attaching the sensor’s fan to the ESP8266’s 3.3 V pin, it will run continuously at a lower speed. ... 38 thoughts on “ ESP8266 Adds WiFi Logging To IKEA’s Air Quality Sensor ” ...

When we first heard about it a few weeks ago, we knew the ESP8266 UART to WiFi module was a special beast. ... Temperature sensor that reports every 5 minutes, not so much.

It should be worth noting, however, that the ESP8266 chip only works on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, so the script doesn’t pose a risk to every network. How much of a threat is it? Minor.