# Easy Alexa (Echo) Control of your ESP8266 Huzzah ## Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmkEG5FmqVc If you've already got an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot in your home or office, you can easily add your very own devices. In this quick project we'll show how to use an Adafruit ESP8266 Feather HUZZAH to control NeoPixels or a relay. You can easily adapt the code to add any number of devices to a single Feather for all sorts of interactive home automation projects with ease! **No external server, gateway, service, computer, Raspberry Pi, etc. required!** # Credits! Code and tutorial based on the great open source lib & example code at [http://tinkerman.cat/emulate-wemo-device-esp8266/](http://tinkerman.cat/emulate-wemo-device-esp8266/) which is based off of the Python example code by [https://github.com/makermusings/fauxmo](https://github.com/makermusings/fauxmo) thanks! # Required Parts! You'll need an ESP8266 of some sort. We suggest our Feather (all-in one!) Featured ### Adafruit Feather HUZZAH with ESP8266 - Loose Headers [Adafruit Feather HUZZAH with ESP8266 - Loose Headers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2821) Feather is the new development board from Adafruit, and like its namesake, it is thin, light, and lets you fly! We designed Feather to be a new standard for portable microcontroller cores. This is the  **Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266**  - our take on an... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2821) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2821/guides) ![Angled shot of black, rectangular WiFi development board.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/2821-07.jpg) Or HUZZAH breakout (harder to use, requires an FTDI cable or USB-Serial adapter) Featured ### Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout [Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2471) Add Internet to your next project with an adorable, bite-sized WiFi microcontroller, at a price you like! The ESP8266 processor from Espressif is an 80 MHz microcontroller with a full WiFi front-end (both as client and access point) and TCP/IP stack with DNS support as well. While this chip... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2471) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2471/guides) ![Angled shot of a Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout. ](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/2471-06.jpg) You'll also need a USB cable for the above and/or a battery for portable use. Our demo code also uses a Relay FeatherWing and a NeoPixel Featherwing Featured ### NeoPixel FeatherWing - 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards [NeoPixel FeatherWing - 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2945) A Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the  **NeoPixel FeatherWing, a 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards**! Using our [Feather Stacking Headers](https://www.adafruit.com/products/2830) or  In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2945) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2945/guides) ![Video of a NeoPixel FeatherWing lighting various colors. ](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/product-videos/640x480/2945-05.jpg) Featured ### Adafruit Power Relay FeatherWing [Adafruit Power Relay FeatherWing](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191) A Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the **Power Relay FeatherWing**. It gives you power to control, and control over power. Put simply, you can now turn on and off lamps, fans, solenoids, and other small appliances that run on up to... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/3191/guides) ![Angled shot of a Adafruit Power Relay FeatherWing. ](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/3191-04.jpg) You can also use a Powerswitch tail if you want to control an outlet without splicing any cables - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/easy-alexa-or-echo-control-of-your-esp8266-huzzah/software-setup.md) ## Guide Products ### Adafruit Feather HUZZAH with ESP8266 - Loose Headers [Adafruit Feather HUZZAH with ESP8266 - Loose Headers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2821) Feather is the new development board from Adafruit, and like its namesake, it is thin, light, and lets you fly! We designed Feather to be a new standard for portable microcontroller cores. This is the  **Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266**  - our take on an... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2821) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2821/guides) ### Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout [Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2471) Add Internet to your next project with an adorable, bite-sized WiFi microcontroller, at a price you like! The ESP8266 processor from Espressif is an 80 MHz microcontroller with a full WiFi front-end (both as client and access point) and TCP/IP stack with DNS support as well. While this chip... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2471) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2471/guides) ### NeoPixel FeatherWing - 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards [NeoPixel FeatherWing - 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2945) A Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the  **NeoPixel FeatherWing, a 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards**! Using our [Feather Stacking Headers](https://www.adafruit.com/products/2830) or  In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2945) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2945/guides) ### Adafruit Power Relay FeatherWing [Adafruit Power Relay FeatherWing](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191) A Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the **Power Relay FeatherWing**. It gives you power to control, and control over power. Put simply, you can now turn on and off lamps, fans, solenoids, and other small appliances that run on up to... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3191) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/3191/guides) ### Powerswitch tail 2 [Powerswitch tail 2](https://www.adafruit.com/product/268) [**The PST has been discontinued. Please check out the IoT Power Relay for an equivalent alternative. The IoT Power Relay has more outlets but otherwise is functionally the same, and at a similar price!**](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935) The Power Switch... No Longer Stocked [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/268) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/268/guides) ## Related Guides - [Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-huzzah-esp8266.md) - [Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-featherwing.md) - [Adafruit IO IOT Hub with the Adafruit FunHouse](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-hub-with-the-adafruit-funhouse.md) - [Introducing Adafruit Feather](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather.md) - [Adding a WiFi Co-Processor to CircuitPython](https://learn.adafruit.com/adding-a-wifi-co-processor-to-circuitpython-esp8266-esp32.md) - [Gmailbox](https://learn.adafruit.com/gmailbox.md) - [Adafruit IO Home: Security ](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-home-security.md) - [Using Crickit and Adafruit IO together](https://learn.adafruit.com/crickit-and-adafruitio.md) - [How To Solder Headers](https://learn.adafruit.com/how-to-solder-headers.md) - [CircuitPython 2FA TOTP Authentication Friend](https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-totp-otp-2fa-authy-authenticator-friend.md) - [Creating Custom LED Animations](https://learn.adafruit.com/creating-custom-led-animations.md) - [Boomy The Boombox](https://learn.adafruit.com/boomy-the-boombox.md) - [Adafruit IO Time Tracking Cube](https://learn.adafruit.com/time-tracking-cube.md) - [Huzzah Weather Display](https://learn.adafruit.com/huzzah-weather-display.md) - [Haunted Air Blaster](https://learn.adafruit.com/automated-air-blaster.md) - [Adafruit IO Environmental Monitor for Feather or Raspberry Pi](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-air-quality-monitor.md) - [Adafruit IO Basics: ESP8266 + Arduino](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-basics-esp8266-arduino.md)