ESP8266HueEmulator | Philips Hue bridge running on an ESP8266

ESP8266HueEmulator is a C++ library typically used in Internet of Things (IoT), Arduino applications. ESP8266HueEmulator has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

This sketch emulates a Philips Hue bridge running on an ESP8266 using the Arduino IDE. Right now this is a proof-of-concept; contributions are highly welcome. Hue client apps can discover the emulated bridge and begin talking to it using the Hue protocol. Optionally, vou can use a strip of individually addressable WS2812b NeoPixels and attach it to GPIO2. The sketch talks to a strip of NeoPixels connected to GPIO2 (= pin D4 on the WEMOS D1 mini) of the ESP8266 with no additional circuitry. Right now the sketch uses the NeoPixels to tell that it is powered on, connected to the WLAN etc., and can switch on the first 3 NeoPixels using a Hue client (e.g., the iOS app). To make this work, the sketch advertises its service with the so-called "Simple Service Discovery Protocol" (SSDP) that is also used as discovery protocol of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). This sketch uses the ESP8266SSDP library from Please note that currently only the bare minimum to advertise the emulated Hue bridge is implemented, but it is enough so that the OS X app can discover and communicate with the emulated bridge.