ESP8266 Community Forum

- Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:05 am #74729 Hello, newbie here. I've seen a lot of tutorials for the ESP8266, but few of them are setting up the ESP8266 only using Arduino Uno and PC. Can anybody help for this?

Many thanks!

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- Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:23 pm #74752 You need to say a bit more about what you are trying to do.

Use ESP8266 and UNO in combination in a project?
Use UNO to program an ESP8266 module?

If it is the second then I think most would say this is a bad idea. Much better to either use an ESP module with built in USB port or use a USB -> serial module, and then to develop and flash from PC, Mac, or Raspberry Pi.

- Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:34 pm #74755 The first thing you need to know, and deal with, is that the ESP8266 is not tolerant of 5volt signal levels.

My preference is to use the ESP8266 and not use a second processor board. There are situations where an Arduino board makes sense but for my needs it is rare. I program with the Arduino environment for the ESP8266.