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…
Category: ESP-201
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….…
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…
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…
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…
MongoDB on the Pi
I’m busy compiling MongoDB for the Pi and it’s going to take hours apparently – so I figured I’d give you some updates while I’m waiting. I’ve made some progress with my little ESP8266 board (ESP-12) in terms of deciding how to handle MQTT. Initially I had a bunch of…
ESP201
Many thanks to readers in here for the comments – I can’t believe how keen people are to help. Ok, so you may recall that some time ago I bought an ESP-201 board and the baseboard to with it – the whole lot was about a tenner on Ebay, a…
ESP201 Performance
Maybe it’s just me.. I’ve been messing with the DS18B20 and the ESP-01 and on advice from a respondent in here wrote a quick averaging function and have been monitoring that all morning – lovely. No connection issues, nothing. So this afternoon I took my little ESP-01 development board (which…
ESP12 and More Pins
I’m just about to have a go at one of the larger boards – the ESP12 (or 201)… so can someone save me (and others) re-inventing the wheel. Here’s what I do to initialise an ESP-01 port bit GPIO0 as an output. Firstly the setup.. // For GPIO2 just change…
ESP8266 and MQTT Exciting Times
I don’t want to jump in prematurely here but those of you who have been reading the blog will know that I’ve had no end of problems with the MQTT stand-alone software on the ESP8266, but as each problem has emerged, the author (Minh Tuan) has been keeping in touch…
The New ESP201 and Dev Board
All I have time for right now, here’s the new board, the ESP-01 (left) next to it should give you an idea of the size of both the development board and the ESP8266 board that goes into it – NOT SMALL. And yes, those are 0.1” centres. No points for…
The ESP8266 Grand Master Plan
So… here’s where I’m up to with my little project… currently stalled until we can figure out why the ESP8266 is not recovering from loss of WIFI. This is “the plan. Using the basic MQTT code, I’ve added the ability to control GPIO0 and take input from say a Dallas…