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Recently came across the ESP8266 and then of course this great resource. I've seen examples of the ESP8266 without an arduino attached. My question is can I still upload code to the ESP8266 using an arduino or have I missed something along the way? I have yet to get the ESP8266 up and running but wondering how I would get the code onto the microcontroller.

tarmenel wrote:Recently came across the ESP8266 and then of course this great resource. I've seen examples of the ESP8266 without an arduino attached. My question is can I still upload code to the ESP8266 using an arduino or have I missed something along the way? I have yet to get the ESP8266 up and running but wondering how I would get the code onto the microcontroller.

You can use it as a standalone MCU, no problem at all.

Intro : http://www.esp8266-projects.com/2015/02/esp8266-breadboard-time-cheap-and-dirty.html

For programming you have at least 3 options:

- Native SDK + Eclipse
You have a lot of examples on the forum in the relevant section, just a starter:
http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=820

- LUA interpreter (NodeMcu Firmware):
http://www.esp8266-projects.com/2015/02/esp8266-breadboard-time-cheap-and-dirty_24.html

- Arduino IDE
Step-by-step Arduino IDE + ESP8266 pack installation tutorial / video :
http://www.esp8266-projects.com/2015/06/esp8266-arduino-ide-v164-portable.html

Fantastic. Tanks for the quick reply and the links. I'll have some homework for this evening