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These boards are dirt cheap. 2 dollars cheap. It depends if you'll be running these devices from an outlet or battery. The ESPs will do exactly what you want bu
by milge 10y ago
These boards are dirt cheap. 2 dollars cheap. It depends if you'll be running these devices from an outlet or battery. The ESPs will do exactly what you want but there's a learning curve. I don't know your experience with all of this, but I recommend picking up an arduino starter kit, some rf shields, a good soldering iron, and misc wires/caps/transistors etc. Play around with that stuff first and it'll be easier to transition into the ESPs.
- StavrosK 10y agoHere are my half-written notes, complete with shopping list: https://www.stavros.io/notes/hardware/ https://www.stavros.io/notes/hardware/ I've been meaning to write a "getting started" guide for the ESP but I haven't yet. I don't see why people should get an Arduino. Get a WeMos D1 mini, it does the same things and has WiFi.
- milge 10y agoYou're doing way better than I am at the writeups. I suggest the arduino starter kit because it comes with a bunch of other components that are helpful to a beginner besides the arduino.
- StavrosK 10y agoAh, yes, a kit with sensors and servos and things like that is very useful indeed. I'd just put the Arduino away and keep the rest :P
- cuonic 10y agoWow I didn't know about WeMos D1's, thanks for the tip, I'm buying a batch now
- StavrosK 10y agoThey're great. You might also like the board I made, which is even smaller: https://github.com/skorokithakis/tiny-ESP8266-breakout https://github.com/skorokithakis/tiny-ESP8266-breakout