For many people who like to build things that use Arduino to operate one of the most difficult parts is making an app or software to control the project. A new program called Blynk has turned up ...

Android/iOS: If you want to control a Raspberry Pi or Arduino connected device from your phone, you’d usually need to know at least some programming.

There is a new mobile platform that quickly syncs up with your homemade electronic projects, called Blynk, free on iOS and Android.

Blynk can communicate with the ESP8266 and makes the project relatively simple. ESP8266 and Arduino IDE The ESP8266 Blynk code is straightforward.

Blynk appears to be a fairly put-together library for not only hooking up any Arduino or esp8266 to a phone through WiFi, but also through the net if desired.

The Blynk app project is currently over on the Kickstarter crowd funding website looking to raise $10,000 in pledges. So if you think Blynk is something your Arduino or Raspberry Pi projects could ...