CHEAP wifi modules, at last!

[ardhuru]

Sparkfun seems to have a basic minimalistic writeup.

[Normnet]

Sparkfun seems to have a basic minimalistic writeup.

A SparkFun search for ESP8266 draws a blank.
Link?

Norm

[mackrackit]

https://nurdspace.nl/ESP8266

[pedja089]

http://esp8266.com/index.php
http://hackaday.io/project/2879/logs

[ardhuru]

Thanks for the forum link, Pedja. Didnt realize they'd already have a forum dedicated to this chap.

BTW, there seem to be a couple of versions (different form-factors) available on ALiExpress. I notice a version that can also take external antennas.

Regards,

Anand

[pedja089]

It seems like that all firmware is in SPI FLASH memory, so there is no need for specific programmer. Compiler, firmware and some IoT example are available... So you can write your custom firmware... Or just write your own commands so PIC can do other task.
Also it doesn't require almost any external component's so chip it should be very easy to integrate WiFi into product.
I can't wait to get one and try it.

[rsocor01]

Excuse my ignorance here. But, how exactly does this work? Does it send data to a Web page that you need to set up first? Or, does it send data in form of a file to a remote server?