I'm attempting to transmit IR signals from a ESP8266 using Espruino. At the moment, I'm having timing issues, to not mention that the IRReceiver module its interfering or suffering interference by the DHT module too... I think I must study those modules source codes first before posting here, but my thoughts is that maybe those modules are using the same timer inside ESP8266, and then, causing the interference.
I must learn that Espruino uses an event loop approach, and then, one must not overhead the processor, leaving it occupied when it tries to reach the wifi/tcp stack and other functions...
If you or other person have some thoughts, feel free to post here. I'm looking all over the web, lots of newbie information, as you said, so I found that the forums (Espruino, ESP8266 and Espressif) have the best resources and materials so far.
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