ESP8266- ESP01 My first project
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:23 amHello. I'm trying to orient myself to using the ESP8266. Any comments on my project are welcome. I have only just started programming microprocessors about a month ago. I am really surprised at the capabilities of the ESP8266 and the ESP01 in general.
My project is to collect sensor data in my apartment and upload it to a website. Eventually I want to be able to turn my air purifier on and off depending on the sensor (air pollution) levels. I started building this on the Arduino and didn't realize that the ESP8266 is so powerful by itself. But for now I'm looking to pass data from my Arduino to my ESP01 which will then post it to the website.
So far I have installed the ESP8266 Arduino core. Next I will look through the libraries and find some code that will do a simple post to a website. I will also see if I can communicated between the ESP01 and arduino through serial interfaces.
I have ordered an ESP04 (they are super cheap on ebay and offer me free shipping). Maybe I can move the entire project onto the ESP04? I only need 6 pins. I also want to display some of the data locally on an OLED screen using Adafruit libraries. The OLED screen uses only two pins but a lot of memory. Do you think this will actually work? By the way, the ESP01 actually has more memory space than an arduino uno? Is that right? It's so small?
Thanks
My project is to collect sensor data in my apartment and upload it to a website. Eventually I want to be able to turn my air purifier on and off depending on the sensor (air pollution) levels. I started building this on the Arduino and didn't realize that the ESP8266 is so powerful by itself. But for now I'm looking to pass data from my Arduino to my ESP01 which will then post it to the website.
So far I have installed the ESP8266 Arduino core. Next I will look through the libraries and find some code that will do a simple post to a website. I will also see if I can communicated between the ESP01 and arduino through serial interfaces.
I have ordered an ESP04 (they are super cheap on ebay and offer me free shipping). Maybe I can move the entire project onto the ESP04? I only need 6 pins. I also want to display some of the data locally on an OLED screen using Adafruit libraries. The OLED screen uses only two pins but a lot of memory. Do you think this will actually work? By the way, the ESP01 actually has more memory space than an arduino uno? Is that right? It's so small?
Thanks