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It can be sometimes challenging to regain control of the NodeMCU running on a ESP8266 when init.lua has a tight loop in it.  To do so,  first, download esptool.py from GitHub.

I have written a page that contains many useful links about the ESP8266 platform.  You can display this page either using the top menu option “ESP8266 Resources” or by cliking

A remarkable book about the ESP8266 is freely available.  It can be downloaded from Kolban’s book on the ESP8266.  It contains more than 300 pages of information.  This book is a

Decorations are not displayed when some commits are not pushed EGit within the Eclipse IDE. These are the UP and DOWN arrows shown to the right of the project name

I acquired a few days ago a Wink Hub along with a few Cree Connected light bulbs. I couldn’t pair them. Out of 5 bulbs, I was able to pair

What is the maximum frequency an Arduino can generate? Typically, I obtained a frequency of less than 100 kHz using the Arduino function calls. The results were lower than I

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A Raspberry PI 2 performs as expected exceptionally well as a firewall. The download throughput achieved was 33 Mbits/sec under the same test conditions as the previous test (see Can

Can a Raspberry PI be used as a firewall? This question comes back often. Well, I have tested it. The test conditions are: a Raspberry PI Model B (256MB of

A “Cable Hanger for Doors” is now available. More details at Cable Hanger for Doors.

This post describes how to upload code to a STM32 Minimum System Development Board that can be bought from Ali Express or eBay for around $4.00 US. You will be able to compile and upload

Changing the login screen background is easy but not obvious. The image file you want to use as the login screen background must have a read access for everyone. Open

These easy steps will improve significantly the security of your Apache2 SSL server. Edit your /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ssl.conf file and replace the SSLProtocol, SSLCipherSuite and SSLHonorCipherOrder parameters with the following values. SSLCipherSuite

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