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Great reply, thanks. Are there any projects/tutorials/kits out there that go a bit beyond the standard "turn the led on/off"?

extra88 11y ago
Search for "esp8266" in the Learn sections of Adafruit's and Sparkfun's sites. There's also esp8266.com. I think the most amazing thing I've seen is a VNC client running on an ESP8266 with a LCD touchscreen. The "raw" parts are super-cheap but when getting started I think it's much easier to get started on a still pretty cheap breakout board. I have a Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing I haven't started playing with yet but if getting one today I'd get the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ("Feather" is their new line of micro controller boards that share a form factor, "HUZZAH" is what they call all their ESP8266 products).
- danielvf 11y ago
  Let me second the Adafruit Feather for getting stated with the ESP8266. Here's a link: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2821 https://www.adafruit.com/products/2821
- gh02t 11y ago
  There's also the WeMos boards, which can be had for $3-4. Those are my workhorses. http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/02/19/4-wemos-d1-mini-esp8266-board-supports-shields-with-a-temperature-sensor-a-button-a-relay-or-a-micro-sd-slot/ http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/02/19/4-wemos-d1-mini-esp82...
  - StavrosK 11y ago
    I can also recommend the WeMos D1 mini, it's the best I've seen so far.
gh02t 11y ago
There's the Adafruit and Hackaday tutorials as already mentioned, plus Reddit has /r/esp8266 which has some good resources. I also have a project where I built a smart thermostat that aggregates sensor data fed from multiple ESP8266 sensors that is pretty involved. I've been meaning to write it up in detail to share on HN and I'll probably have time to sometime in the next couple months.
- swsieber 11y ago
  I am wanting to do something similar and would definitely read your write up.
  - StavrosK 11y ago
    You can see my projects here: https://www.stavros.io/series/esp8266/ https://www.stavros.io/series/esp8266/ Also, this tag has more generic hardware stuff: https://www.stavros.io/series/hardware/ https://www.stavros.io/series/hardware/
- Kadin 11y ago
  I would also be very interested in reading the details on your project. Look forward to seeing it on HN.
OWaz 11y ago
Check out Neil Kolban's book on the ESP8266 [1]. I’m reading through this out-of-order just to get an idea about how the esp8266 works. [1]:https://leanpub.com/ESP8266_ESP32 https://leanpub.com/ESP8266_ESP32

extra88 11y ago

Search for "esp8266" in the Learn sections of Adafruit's and Sparkfun's sites. There's also esp8266.com. I think the most amazing thing I've seen is a VNC client running on an ESP8266 with a LCD touchscreen. The "raw" parts are super-cheap but when getting started I think it's much easier to get started on a still pretty cheap breakout board. I have a Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing I haven't started playing with yet but if getting one today I'd get the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ("Feather" is their new line of micro controller boards that share a form factor, "HUZZAH" is what they call all their ESP8266 products).

danielvf 11y ago
Let me second the Adafruit Feather for getting stated with the ESP8266. Here's a link: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2821 https://www.adafruit.com/products/2821
gh02t 11y ago
There's also the WeMos boards, which can be had for $3-4. Those are my workhorses. http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/02/19/4-wemos-d1-mini-esp8266-board-supports-shields-with-a-temperature-sensor-a-button-a-relay-or-a-micro-sd-slot/ http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/02/19/4-wemos-d1-mini-esp82...
- StavrosK 11y ago
  I can also recommend the WeMos D1 mini, it's the best I've seen so far.

gh02t 11y ago

There's the Adafruit and Hackaday tutorials as already mentioned, plus Reddit has /r/esp8266 which has some good resources. I also have a project where I built a smart thermostat that aggregates sensor data fed from multiple ESP8266 sensors that is pretty involved. I've been meaning to write it up in detail to share on HN and I'll probably have time to sometime in the next couple months.

swsieber 11y ago
I am wanting to do something similar and would definitely read your write up.
- StavrosK 11y ago
  You can see my projects here: https://www.stavros.io/series/esp8266/ https://www.stavros.io/series/esp8266/ Also, this tag has more generic hardware stuff: https://www.stavros.io/series/hardware/ https://www.stavros.io/series/hardware/
Kadin 11y ago
I would also be very interested in reading the details on your project. Look forward to seeing it on HN.

OWaz 11y ago

Check out Neil Kolban's book on the ESP8266 [1]. I’m reading through this out-of-order just to get an idea about how the esp8266 works. [1]:https://leanpub.com/ESP8266_ESP32 https://leanpub.com/ESP8266_ESP32