Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE.

A lot of people have used ESP8266 to add inexpensive WiFi connectivity ... but fortunately the comments in his Python and Arduino code are in English. Check out the video (in English) after ...

The Adafruit ESP8266 that I used comes with the LUA interpreter installed by default. To use the Arduino IDE, we are going to overwrite that by uploading our sketch to the device. To upload code, you ...

With that said, the same goes for a Raspberry Pi. For example, many enthusiasts pair the ESP8266 with an Arduino, but you can also use it without one. You can program it directly and run your own ...

This means you can’t really short-circuit the limited power these kits have. The Code Kit is an Arduino system in a box. It comes with a small rechargeable battery that can power an Arduino ...