Are you putting ESP8266s in all your projects these days, whether they need one or not? We don’t blame you. These boards are cheap, tiny, oh and they have WiFi.
If you want to spend less time writing code and more time blinking RGB LEDs over Wi-Fi, then check out this ESP cookbook over on IO. [Turo Heikkinen] and team are writing a soup-to-nuts guide to these darlings of IoT. The cookbook leads off with pinouts and networking (of course) before moving into more intricate recipes involving popular sensors and displays.
This cookbook is funny, it’s helpful, and it’s really well-organized. We love that they used the details section to create a linked table of contents. The links all drive to a specific Instructions page where each group of code snippets and explanations can be found. It’s still a work in progress, so you might want to follow it for updates. We have a feeling they’re going to expand the dessert section next.
Love the ESP8266, but hate programming them in that wonky form factor? Here’s a handy programming jig you can build.
“Are you putting ESP8266s in all your projects these days, whether they need one or not? We don’t blame you. These boards are cheap, tiny, oh and they have WiFi.”
Put them in all the servers HaD uses. Don’t forget to make it internet accessible.
Remember to leave the OTA port open to the public as well…
It’s ok, no matter what I try, OTA doesn’t work for ESP. I’d be happy if someone from the interwebs could get it working :D
“Hey, fixed your OTA and took your credit cards. You should probably add a password or something on here”
Oddly enough Tindie sells a dandy jig for the original ESP device for making it work. I got mine from Tinkersphere here in NYC.
Sutch a great job!
I added it to my fisrt page to read when starting a projet.
Thank you!
I love the ESP chip I find myself using that more then anything else these days. Its cheap and powerful. I prefer to get the Wemos boards though because they are super easy to get going quick and almost as cheap as an ESP by itself. You can get a Wemos D1 Mini for under $3.50 on ebay! What a steal!
You can get a Strip of 20 12E for $3
Link?
(It’s not like I don’t have 20+ already, including the Sonoffs… but a bargain is a bargain)
I’d like this link as well, that’s an awesome deal. :)
+1 for Wemos D1 mini!
Ditto! I actually looked at this comment and wondered if I wrote it…. I need a nap….
I love the Wemos D1 (the big one) for prototyping and testing ideas. Once the code is solid, I upload it to bare ESP8266 modules with the minimum of support circuitry.