Category: ESP-01

ESP8266 Debug

Peter ScargillC Programming, ESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-12E, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP826618 Comments on ESP8266 Debug

So – I’ve learned quiet a lot in the past few days.. Watchdogs on the ESP8266 Since Espressif SDK 1.01 or thereabouts, watchdog timer operation seems to have changed – delays of any length even in init()  are out – or so it would seem? So I got onto Stanza…

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ESP8266 RESET

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-12E, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP826632 Comments on ESP8266 RESET

As often as not, when I reset an ESP8266 by using the system reset call in the SDK, after flashing – for example. if (strcmp(token, “id”) == 0) {                    if (isQuery) RESPONSE(“ID=%s\r\n”, sysCfg.base);                    else if (strlen(strValue)>=2){                        strcpy(sysCfg.base, strValue);                        CFG_Save();                        system_restart();                    } The unit does not come out of reset.. the…

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ESP8266 Bliss

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-12E, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP826621 Comments on ESP8266 Bliss

You may have seen comments in here from Richard Burton about his bootloader. Well, I have to tell you – what a game-changer. If you look at a previous blog where I showed you how we’d moved code from the fairly normal 0x40000 starting point down to 0x20000 – freeing…

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ESP8266 SDK 1.11

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-12E, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP8266, Espressif

Just a short one for those of you who’ve not tried the new Espressif SDK update yet (SDK 1.11).  I noted a pair of commands “system_param_load” and “system_param_save_with_protect” which appear to replace the need for the load and save functions that TuanPM uses in his code in /mqtt/config.c  – so…

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ESP8266 Test Board

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP8266, Espressif13 Comments on ESP8266 Test Board

I mentioned that Espressif were kind enough to send me a test board to play with – and very nice too. Not had time yet as I’m struggling with learning how to make an installer for my Node-Red package – with some great help from the guys involved with this….…

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Presents from Espressif

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP82669 Comments on Presents from Espressif

Let me start by explaining that Espressif are makers of fine WIFI gadgets.. specifically they have spawned a whole new lease of life for IOT… by producing a marvellous little chip that contains a complete processor, memory and WIFI interface needing only a tiny FLASH memory chip and a couple…

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Making ESP8266 Programming Easier

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP8266, tiny-8529 Comments on Making ESP8266 Programming Easier

Updated 09 Apr 2015 – code fix: A little something here from my guest writer and friend Aidan who’s been working with me on the latest home control successes to follow after this blog! If you’ve successfully written and uploaded a piece of C code for the ESP8266 in any…

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An ESP8266 for Arduino Game Changer?

Peter ScargillArduino, ESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP826633 Comments on An ESP8266 for Arduino Game Changer?

(updated 2/4/2015) Here we go again – just as you thought it was safe to start coding, another game-changer comes along. This time not only do we have an Arduino IDE for the ESP8266 (which isn’t a stunningly good IDE but it’s awfully familiar to many developers) but also what…

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Home Control The Next Step

Peter ScargillC Programming, ESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP12, ESP8266, Internet of Things, MQTT, Node Red, Raspberry Pi 2, WIFI4 Comments on Home Control The Next Step

As regular readers will know I’ve pretty much gotten to grips with the whole home control thing having after much research settled on a largely MQTT-based setup using the excellent new Raspberry Pi2 as a hub with Node-Red. Though it could just as easily have been any proper Linux or…

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ESP826 + Pi + MQTT + Node-Red Heaven

Peter ScargillESP-01, ESP-03, ESP-07, ESP-12, ESP12, ESP8266, Internet of Things, LEDs, NETio, Node, Node Red5 Comments on ESP826 + Pi + MQTT + Node-Red Heaven

If you’ve been following the blog you’ll note I’ve spent a lot of time getting to grips with the Raspberry Pi, Node-Red, the ESP chips using C and of course my earlier home control attempts with NETIO, the NRF24L01 boards and Arduino clones (all of which are working 24/7 –…

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