Real-Time Tire Pressure and Temperature Monitoring Using Favoriot
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Real-Time Tire Pressure and Temperature Monitoring Using Favoriot

Tires are the only part of a vehicle in constant contact with the road, and the part fleets know the least about in real time. This tutorial builds a low-cost sensor rig that streams tire pressure and temperature to Favoriot and pushes a Telegram alert the moment a reading drifts outside a safe range.

Build time: half a day Hardware: ESP8266, DHT22, MPX5700AP Alerting: Telegram webhook
Without monitoring
PRESSURE  —  PSI
TEMP       —  °C
STATUS   UNKNOWN

Checked by hand, if at all, before a trip. Pressure loss and heat build-up stay invisible until a blowout, a breakdown, or a fuel bill explains what already happened.

With Favoriot
PRESSURE  34.2 PSI
TEMP       41.6°C
STATUS   NORMAL

Streamed every ten seconds to a live dashboard. The moment a reading crosses a safe threshold, the driver gets a Telegram message before the problem becomes an incident.

The real problem: tires are a blind spot on wheels

This is what we call Operational Blindness: the gap between what is physically happening to an asset and what the people responsible for it can actually see. For tires, that gap is especially dangerous because the asset is moving, load-bearing, and failing quietly.

Pressure drifts silently

A slow leak does not announce itself. By the time it is visible in handling or fuel consumption, the tire has already been running underinflated for days or weeks.

Heat is the last warning, not the first

Rising tire temperature is an early signal of underinflation, overload, or a failing component. Without a sensor reading it in real time, the first signal a driver gets is often the tire itself.

Manual checks do not scale

Walking around a vehicle with a gauge works for one car, once. It does not work for a fleet, on a schedule, across every trip a vehicle makes in a week.

Objective

Build an IoT-based tire pressure and temperature monitoring system using sensors and the Favoriot IoT platform.

  • Real-time data streaming from each tire
  • Visualization on a live dashboard
  • Automated alerts via Telegram the moment temperature or pressure exceeds safe limits

Components needed

A small, low-cost bill of materials, most of it reusable across other Favoriot sensor projects.

Hardware

ComponentDescription
ESP8266 (NodeMCU)Wi-Fi-enabled microcontroller
DHT22Temperature sensor
MPX5700AP (or TPMS analog)Tire pressure sensor
Breadboard, jumper wiresFor circuit assembly
Power bank / batteryFor powering the ESP8266

Software

ToolPurpose
Arduino IDEFlash and monitor the ESP8266
Favoriot platformIngest, store, and visualize data
TelegramDelivers real-time alerts
Web browserView the live dashboard

Build it step by step

Five steps from an empty Favoriot account to a tire that reports its own condition.

1

Set up Favoriot

Create the device that will represent each monitored tire and collect the credentials the firmware needs.

  1. Sign up or log in at platform.favoriot.com
  2. Go to Device Management > Devices > Add Device, name it tireMonitor01, set Device Type to General, then save and copy the Device Developer ID
  3. Navigate to Settings > Account and copy your API Key
2

Connect the sensors

Wire the temperature and pressure sensors to the NodeMCU.

DHT22 (temperature)

PinNodeMCU
VCC3.3V
GNDGND
DATAD4 (GPIO2)

MPX5700AP (pressure)

PinNodeMCU
VCC5V
GNDGND
OUTA0
3

Upload the Arduino code

Reads both sensors every ten seconds and streams the values to Favoriot over HTTPS.

tireMonitor.ino
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <DHT.h>
#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>

#define DHTPIN D4
#define DHTTYPE DHT22
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

const char* ssid = "YOUR_WIFI_SSID";
const char* password = "YOUR_WIFI_PASSWORD";
const String apiKey = "YOUR_FAVORIOT_API_KEY";
const String deviceDeveloperId = "tireMonitor01";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(100);
  dht.begin();

  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  Serial.print("Connecting to WiFi...");
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  Serial.println("\nConnected to WiFi!");
}

void loop() {
  float temperature = dht.readTemperature();
  int pressureRaw = analogRead(A0);
  float pressure = map(pressureRaw, 0, 1023, 0, 100); // Simulate PSI

  if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
    HTTPClient http;
    http.begin("http://apiv2.favoriot.com/v2/streams");
    http.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    http.addHeader("apikey", apiKey);

    String payload = "{";
    payload += "\"device_developer_id\":\"" + deviceDeveloperId + "\",";
    payload += "\"data\":{";
    payload += "\"temperature\":" + String(temperature, 2) + ",";
    payload += "\"pressure\":" + String(pressure, 2);
    payload += "}}";

    int httpCode = http.POST(payload);
    Serial.print("Favoriot HTTP response code: ");
    Serial.println(httpCode);
    http.end();
  } else {
    Serial.println("WiFi not connected!");
  }

  delay(10000); // 10-second interval
}
4

Set up the Favoriot dashboard

Turn the incoming stream into something a driver or fleet manager can actually read at a glance.

WidgetTypeData fieldNotes
Tire temp gaugeGaugetemperatureLive temperature reading
Tire pressure gaugeGaugepressureLive pressure reading
Trend chartLine charttemperature, pressureVisualize history
Alert indicatorTextstatusShows ALERT when out of range

Create these from Dashboard > Add Widget: select the device, choose the data fields, and set the ranges that define normal for your tires.

5

Alert notification via Telegram

Close the loop so an out-of-range reading reaches a person, not just a database.

  1. Create a Telegram bot: search @BotFather in Telegram, run /newbot, give it a name and username, and note the bot token
  2. Get your chat ID: start a chat with your new bot, then visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<your_bot_token>/getUpdates to find it
  3. Set up the webhook in Favoriot under Rules Engine > Add Rule
Condition: pressure < 30 OR pressure > 40 OR temperature > 60
Action: Webhook to https://api.telegram.org/bot<your_bot_token>/sendMessage?chat_id=<your_chat_id>&text=Tire alert: pressure or temperature out of range

From this point on, whenever tire conditions turn unsafe, the driver gets a Telegram notification, in the moment it matters rather than after the fact.

Closing the blindness gap

The same four-stage loop that underpins every Favoriot Operational Blindness fix, applied here to a tire instead of a shelf or a machine.

1

Sense

DHT22 and MPX5700AP read temperature and pressure at the tire itself.

2

Stream

The ESP8266 posts both readings to Favoriot every ten seconds.

3

Threshold

The Rules Engine watches every reading against a defined safe range.

4

Alert

A crossed threshold fires a webhook, and the driver knows in seconds.

Optional enhancements

Ways to extend this build once the core loop is working.

Add location

A Neo6M GPS module attaches geolocation to every alert, so a fleet manager knows where as well as what.

Keep history

Store historical readings through Favoriot’s REST API v2 to spot slow degradation, not just sudden failures.

Go mobile

Build a companion app on Favoriot’s open APIs so drivers can check tire status without opening a dashboard.

Give your fleet its eyes back

This tutorial is one build. The same Sense, Stream, Threshold, Alert loop applies to any asset your team currently checks by hand.

Originally published on IoT World. Part of the Favoriot IoT platform tutorial series.

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