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One thing that this article kind of glosses over is that there are a ton of different form factors for the ESP8266 (ESP-01 is the original, also the ESP-03, -07
by gh02t 11y ago
One thing that this article kind of glosses over is that there are a ton of different form factors for the ESP8266 (ESP-01 is the original, also the ESP-03, -07 and -12 are common).
Most of them are rather inconvenient to work with directly though, not least because they aren't breadboard friendly. There are a bunch of breakouts made though that help this and integrate a voltage regulator, power jack, pin breakouts etc. The NodeMCU dev board mentioned is one- Adafruit, Olimex, Sparkfun and RaysHobby also make them and they are much easier to use for hobby projects. I've had to use an ESP-12 directly for a project before due to space constraints and it was a hassle.
- jwatte 11y agoThree pieces of wire makes a harness that removed the hassle and takes 2 minutes to crimp.
- gh02t 11y agoI'm curious, what exactly do you mean? Are you talking about wiring the pull-up's for an ESP-01? I was more thinking the SMD form factor packages like the ESP-07, which expose a bunch more pins but in a 2mm pitch.
- No1 11y ago> Most of them are rather inconvenient to work with directly though, not least because they aren't breadboard friendly. You're looking for the ESP-201: http://smarpl.com/sites/default/files/images/ESP8266-ESP-201-IMG_7906.jpg http://smarpl.com/sites/default/files/images/ESP8266-ESP-201... Enjoy!
- epalmer 11y agoAvailable on banggood http://www.banggood.com/ESP8266-ESP-201-Remote-Serial-Port-WIFI-Transceiver-Wireless-Module-p-964288.html http://www.banggood.com/ESP8266-ESP-201-Remote-Serial-Port-W... Disclaimer: I have not used this board nor ordered from Banggood.