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I've been struggling for WEEKS with a miniature DIY motion detector device built with RCWL-0516 + ESP8266 + mini 5V P/S. It sometimes works flawlessly for hours then starts giving...

Good point. The P/S I am using right now is this one : http://www.ebay.fr/itm/401301418281 I'll try to power it thru my lab P/S for testing purposes and will come back...

Mine is undertest since yesterday with a single 1000uF capacitor directly soldered on the Vin input. The false flashes have considerably reduced but not totally disappeared. I don't currently have...

A bit of update :: I tried to power my device with my lab P/S. No significative improvement, still having (random) false triggers. Then, yesterday, I reconnected my 1USD-Chinese power...

### So far, soooooooooooooo good !!!! The pi-filter (thanks to Mariusb57) works like a charm : I never had any more false triggers since I installed it between Vcc (+5V)...

I was a bit mistaken as it does not work ***THAT*** good. **** Actually, as soon as I ***RE***case the whole thing together (ESP + RCWL + P/S), it starts...

@syedamerali Happy you solved the problem by using the three steps you mentioned (plus the software tweaking). Will definitely give it a try. One question though : you mentioned that...

@syedamerali Any pictures of the ***working*** assembly ?

Thanks ! How is the +5VDC P/S supplied ? Via a battery or directly from the 220V AC via an AC/DC step down converter ? What's the role of the...

> _**syedamerali wrote** : Power is supplied from a 2A 5V plugin adapter which is plugged into the wall and is away from the box which houses the motion detector....