/************************************************************************************** Code for Wi-Fi Signal Strength Monitor Written by Sid for Sid's E Classroom https://www.youtube.com/c/SidsEClassroom All text above must be included in any redistribution. If you find this useful and want to make a donation -> https://paypal.me/sidsclass **************************************************************************************/ #include #include #include "SSD1306.h" // Enter the WiFi credentials char wifissid[] = "ENTER YOUR WiFi SSID HERE"; char wifipass[] = "ENTER YOUR WiFi PASSWORD HERE"; // The following values are from https://www.intuitibits.com/2016/03/23/dbm-to-percent-conversion/ int signal_dBM[] = { -100, -99, -98, -97, -96, -95, -94, -93, -92, -91, -90, -89, -88, -87, -86, -85, -84, -83, -82, -81, -80, -79, -78, -77, -76, -75, -74, -73, -72, -71, -70, -69, -68, -67, -66, -65, -64, -63, -62, -61, -60, -59, -58, -57, -56, -55, -54, -53, -52, -51, -50, -49, -48, -47, -46, -45, -44, -43, -42, -41, -40, -39, -38, -37, -36, -35, -34, -33, -32, -31, -30, -29, -28, -27, -26, -25, -24, -23, -22, -21, -20, -19, -18, -17, -16, -15, -14, -13, -12, -11, -10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1}; int signal_percent[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 90, 91, 92, 93, 93, 94, 95, 95, 96, 96, 97, 97, 98, 98, 99, 99, 99, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100}; int strength = 0; int percentage = 0; // Syntax -> display(Address of Display, SDA_PIN, SCL_PIN) SSD1306 display(0x3c, D2, D1); void setup() { // Initialize display display.init(); // Choose to flip the screen depending upon the display orientation display.flipScreenVertically(); // Font for the text display.setFont(ArialMT_Plain_10); // Setting the text allignment to Center display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER); display.clear(); Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println("ESP8266 WiFi Signal Strength Checker"); // Set WiFi to Station Mode WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); WiFi.disconnect(); delay(10); // Connect to WiFi WiFi.begin(wifissid, wifipass); Serial.print("Connecting to WiFi..."); display.drawString(64, 15, "Connecting to WiFi..."); display.display(); // Check if connected to WiFi while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(500); Serial.print("."); } // Print connection information display.clear(); display.drawString(64, 15, "Connected to " + String(wifissid)); display.display(); Serial.print("\nConnected to: "); Serial.println(wifissid); Serial.print("IP address: "); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); Serial.println(""); } void loop () // While checking for signal strength, check if ESP got disconnected { if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { display.clear(); display.drawString(64, 15, "Connection lost"); display.display(); delay(1000); } // Get signal strength if ESP is connected to WiFi else if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) { display.clear(); Serial.println(" "); Serial.print("WiFi Signal Strength - "); // Print the received signal strength in dBm Serial.print("RSSI: "); strength = WiFi.RSSI(); Serial.print(strength); Serial.print("dBm"); Serial.print(" "); // Get the signal percentage value for (int x = 0; x < 100; x = x + 1) { if (signal_dBM[x] == strength) { // Print the received signal strength in percentage Serial.print("Percentage: "); percentage = signal_percent[x]; Serial.print(percentage); Serial.println("%"); break; } } drawProgressBar(); display.display(); delay(1000); } } // Using a progress bar for visual strength indication void drawProgressBar() { display.drawProgressBar(10, 32, 100, 10, percentage); display.drawString(64, 0, "WiFi Signal Strength"); display.drawString(64, 15, String(strength) + "dBm" + " | " + String(percentage) + "%"); if (percentage == 0) { display.drawString(64, 45, "No Signal"); } else if (percentage == 100) { display.drawString(64, 45, "Maximum Signal"); } }