ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:09 am #29497 Hi all,
I became an esp8266 theoretical fan very recently and the options (I think !?) it could help me develop.
Theoretical fan because of 2 main reasons –
1. i haven’t laid my hand on one yet…
2. I really newbie on electronic design and process

Nevertheless I decided to try a little project and I would be grateful for some gaudiness.
I would like to use esp8266 as a standalone device which will be connected to 5 components leds/motors - a web service should define for each of them should be ON or OFF.
a. Can It be done?
b. I wish to use the smallest power source- can 2032 will do?
c. Which external USB module to use for the programing?
d. I looked but couldn’t find yet similar project – if you think you have can you please direct me at the right direction?

Thanks in advance
roy

- Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:00 am #29503 Hi Roy,
For hardware that is ready to go, you may take a look at 'the thing' from Sparkfun. It has lots of the ESP8266 I/O broken out.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13231

They also have a USB to TTL interface that has 3V TxD and RxD for programming and debug.

AdaFruit.com also has similar offerings, I have ordered from both, and am a satisfied customer.

Look at the project http://www.john-lassen.de/index.php/pro ... -webconfig for a great start at web interface.

Have Fun!

- Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:07 am #29551 If you already have an ardhino uno board you can pull the avr chip and use the board as a usb to serial converter. Has been working quite well for me and as a bonus it has a 3.3v power pin that can run the esp.

The arduino environment is pretty nice and i have done a ton of developing in it.

The node mcu lua is also some thing to look at. I started out with this. It was not dificult to get started.

If you want some thing real quick. Down and dirty you might try esp8266basic.

Serial terminal in the chrome browser see https://serialTerminal.com

http://esp8266basic.com
A BASIC interpreter for your ESP

Working now on Autodrop3d. A 3d printer with automatic part ejection system. https://autodrop3d.com

- Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:27 am #29559 Dear Mmiscool and GregryCM thank you very much for directing me to some important stuff,
I will look in to it shortly – have a great day!