I built this arduino project to mess around with some cheap ESP8266EX based WiFi module I picked up from amazon (here: https://amzn.com/B00O34AGSU )

I want to be able to use the module in conjunction with other arduino boards and projects witht the ESP module acting primarily as a WIFI "modem"

"andys_menu" - a small text based menu system. https://github.com/momobadilak/andys_menu

Arduino micro board : https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMicro

If you don't have an arduino micro, I believe this code could be modified to be use with a Leonardo or Mega board as they also have more than one Uart.

Build main/main.ino and run it on an arduino micro. Use your Host/PC to interact with the text menu that appears via the serial monitor (or better - use minicom or putty)

TODO

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Drop me a note on twitter - @andyidsinga - if you find amu of this useful or need some help.

You probably won't need to go much further than this site, I suspect this site and documentation has improved a lot over the past few years as this part appears to be farly popular.

https://espressif.com/en/products/hardware/esp8266ex/resources

https://amzn.com/B00O34AGSU

Esp8266 Serial Wifi Wireless Transceiver Module Esp-01 Arduino Compatible Switch

Description:

• 802.11 b/g/n
• Serial/UART baud rate: 115200 bps
• Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack
• Input power: 3.3V
• I/O voltage tolerance: 3.6V Max
• Regular operation current draw: ~70mA
• Peak operating current draw: ~300mA
• Power down leakage current: <10?A
• +19.5dBm output in 802.11b mode
• Flash Memory Size: 1MB (8Mbit)
• WiFi security modes: WPA, WPA2

Arduino library: https://github.com/sleemanj/ESP8266_Simple

http://fabacademy.org/archives/2015/doc/networking-esp8266.html

https://github.com/espressif/esptool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU76yWHeQuw

https://nurdspace.nl/ESP8266#Introduction

http://www.electrodragon.com/w/index.php?title=Category:ESP8266&redirect=no

http://hackaday.com/?s=esp8266