I wasn't kidding when I said I'd use Guide.js, my new framework for writing guides and tutorials. Here's a rewrite of my ESP8266 to LED tutorial. I think it's much neater than the previous version. Ingredients ESP8266-01 Wifi Module White LED FTDI Cable Lipo 3.7V Battery Workflow PHP…
I got my custom PCBs from iTEAD last week. So exciting, right? I plugged everything in and.... WARHN warhn (failure horn 📢). Problem So much trouble trying to figure out what's the issue. The LED would sometimes turn on, sometimes it wouldn't, sometimes the LED would turn on and stay on.…
Picking up where we left off, I'm still on my way to create the cheap wifi connected, internet controlled motor. I think I found my perfect combination of awesome. Click on the diagram below to go through the workflow. It will open up a new page. Once you are on…
In my previous post, I covered how to upload sketches using NodeMCU, which is firmware written in Lua. I ran into a few problems: Uploading big files were prone to error, and it took multiple tries Memory! I seemed to not have much The callbacks were driving me insane. I…
Yesterday, I made great progress on playing around with the ESP8266, the $2 Wifi Module[1]. I will continue to document my progress on this blog. First, I just want a place to dump all my notes. That way, if (when) shit start burning, I can at least replicate what…
