Node MCU With 4 Port Relay Module, Blynk App, IFTTT and Google Home. Profit?

This post is all about how to connect google home with NodeMCU and blynk app, you can control your appliances with simple blynk controlled NodeMCU switch and google assistant.

So lets go, Ok Google.. Turn on thingy :)

Step 1: Things Required

Breadboard
Node MCU
Breadboard Power Supply
4 Port Relay Module
Jumper Wires
Led
Smartphone
Blynk App
IFTTT Account
Google Home or Android Phone with Google Assistance
Few Minutes

Step 2: Breadboard, Node MCU and 4 Port Relay Module

Connect all the components as shown in schematics, you can use a breadboard power supply or use Node MCU USB to power for prototyping.

I had used a simple led here, you can use AC load on the relays in real project, please be aware that you do it with caution.

Step 3: The Blynk Sketch

Get the basic blink sketch from

https://examples.blynk.cc/?board=ESP8266&shield=ES...

You will need to change these details

// You should get Auth Token in the Blynk App.
// Go to the Project Settings (nut icon).

char auth[] = "YourAuthToken";

// Your WiFi credentials.
// Set password to "" for open networks.

char ssid[] = "YourNetworkName";
char pass[] = "YourPassword";

once done try to upload the sketch to NodeMCU, check if it connects to Wi-Fi

Step 4: The Blynk App

once testing the blynk sketch on NodeMCU open the blynk app in your smartphone and

create a button
choose the output pin same as on the board (which references to the relay on board)
select switch type not push button
let data for states be 0 and 1

that's all you can manually try to switch the relay from this button and the tutorial is finished if that's what you wanted to achieve to control a relay from smartphone.

if you wanted to hook this up with google home then continue...

Step 5: If This Then That

IFTTT, Yes there is not another way so far to connect Blynk directly to google assistance and here comes IFTTT to our rescue.

Create an account with IFTTT and

click on the if tag and search google assistance from IFTTT
Connect IFTTT to your Google account and create a new ‘Simple phrase’ trigger
Add a couple of phrases you would find natural, and add a response that the Google Home should say.
Next we will need section, choose webhook
To get the IP address for blynk server, ping blynk-cloud.com
The complete URL for webhook will be something like< http://blynk-server-ip>//update/
choose method PUT and body as ["0"] or ["1"] as per the command and switch
you will need to create 2 requests both of on and off

That's all folks once this step if done your google assistance will call the IFTTT applet which will then call the blynk webhook and finally send the command to NodeMCU.

Thanks