Cheap and Easy WiFi (IoT) Tutorial Part 1 - ESP8266 Setup/Intro

Опубликовано: 09 Август 2026
на канале: Kevin Darrah
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In this video I'll show you how to get started with the ESP8266; wiring it up, flashing FW, and establishing a TCP connection to a data server
so you can post/retrieve data to/from your microcontroller.

Don't forget about part 2 and 3!

Electrodragon Reference:
http://www.electrodragon.com/w/Wi07c

Firmware Location:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?i...

I uploaded the flasher tool here, in case you can't find it:
http://www.kevindarrah.com/micro/ESP_...


Adapter Board:
   • Wireless Module on Breadboard - NRF24L01+ ...  
Just search eBay for "ESP8266" to find the module

The Thingspeak Data Server I demo'ed:
https://thingspeak.com

Yahoo Query Language:
https://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/

Original Hackaday Article (how I found out about it)
http://hackaday.com/2014/08/26/new-ch...

Check out my Tindie store (trigBoard is available) https://www.tindie.com/stores/kdcircu...

Thanks to all the Patrons for dropping a few bucks in the tip jar to help make these videos happen!
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