ESP8266 Mini Tutorial

In this first introduction to the ESP8266 I will show you what this 5$ wifi board can do and how to handle it properly.

The video gives you a pretty good idea about what the ESP8266 is and how to handle it. But here I will provide you with some additional info about this board.

Here are links for the ESP8266 board on Amazon and Ebay:

Ebay:

Version 1: http://goo.gl/dH2ttJ

Version 3: http://goo.gl/yHukns

Amazon.de:

Version 1:http://amzn.to/1vBRee4

Version 3: http://amzn.to/1tsLtYJ

Amazon.com:

Version 1:http://amzn.to/10FZ8Vl

Version 3:http://amzn.to/1GDx320

Here is a list of useful sites which can help you when you work with this board:

Commands list, CustomFW, Uploading tool:http://www.electrodragon.com/w/Wi07c
Update tutorial: http://defcon-cc.dyndns.org/wiki/ESP8266#Update

Datasheet (english): http://defcon-cc.dyndns.org/wiki/ESP8266#Update

ESP8266 Forum:http://www.esp8266.com/

Here is a list with awesome projects which involves the ESP8266:

Weather station: http://zeflo.com/2014/esp8266-weather-display/
Email notifier: http://hackaday.com/2014/11/03/checking-email-wit...

Online LED dimmer:https://github.com/imjosh/espLedDimmer

I will definitely find a good project for this little board in the futute. And I hope that so do you.

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