Notes, code and details for my esp8266 videos
The Esp 8266 is a chip used in a family of modules which make it quite simple to make small and lower power devices that can connect to the internet with Wi-Fi. It can run user code, and has a number of inputs and outputs to attach sensors and devices.
What is the ESP 8266 and Why Am I Excited About it?
I have plans to build robots with it - but I've started with some simple demos. Among the things I'd like to build:
- a robot based on 2 modified servo's with a phone as a controller.
- A crawler potentially using muscle wire
- A wifi buffering extension for my CnC with a Raspberry Pi backend.
- 8266 based armbot - possibly using 2 together in unison.
- Small cluster of cheap meshed robots - taking one as an AP with the rest as clients to it.
Beyond collecting up my notes so the videos make more sense, I've been trying out the esp12 and esp03 modules - which have more pins for inputs and outputs than the esp01, and I've ordered a few other esp kits online for fun - including some rather neat DIP based modules with on board regulators, USB input and USB to Serial converters. When they are the same price as the esp-01, they make it far easier to experiment.
I've also been attempting to put Micropython on them. Videos and demos to follow.
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