The Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 WiFi Breakout Boards use the Internet of Things chip of choice, the ESP8266, running at 80MHz, with 4Mbytes of Flash memory, 9 x GPIO pins, and 1 x analogue input. Adafruit have produced these breadboard friendly breakouts with an on board antenna so you can get to know this very successful chip. They come pre-programmed with NodeMCU Lua firmware which lets you perform complex network tasks in a small number of steps. In its raw state the EPS8266 can be a difficult chip to work with, but Adafruit have performed their magic to take the pain away. They added 2 x push buttons (RESET and user), an LED for blinking, 500mA 3.3V DC regulator, and 2 x diode protected power inputs. You can program it via a standard FTDI cable using its on board Lua interpreter or download a bootloader to it and treat it like an Arduino with WiFi. Supplied as an assembled and tested ESP8266 breakout, plus strips of 0.1in. header pins for you to solder on as required.
Adafruit provide a free tutorial with masses of information to help get you started.
- FTDI programmable ESP8266 with built in antenna
- Pre-programmed with NodeMCU Lua interpreter
- 4 x mounting holes
- Dimensions: 25 x 38 x 5mm (1 x 1.5 x 0.2in.)
- Adafruit part no.: 2471
We supply either the SMT breakout (73-5319) which is the ESP8266 chip plus an antenna on a breadboard friendly breakout, or the same module mounted on a HUZZAH breakout (73-5312) with additional components to make your life easier. If you are an experienced user then feel free to use the SMT breakout or use the HUZZAH breakout for prototyping, then the SMT version for deployment.
The FTDI cable is not included, but we do stock a suitable cable if you don't mind a little hacking.
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