ESP8266 Resources
This page contains various ESP8266 resources related to the Internet of Things (IoT) device.
Web Resources
- ESP8266 Community Wiki – Has a lot of hardware information.
- ESP8266 Quick Start – A getting started page.
- ESP8266 Product Page – Manufacturer’s Product Page.
- Espressif Forums – Manufacturer of the ESP8266. A lot of information and tools can be found here.
- LUA Manual – Lua reference manual.
- NodeMCU LUA Documentation – API Reference.
- NodeMCU – Main NodeMCU website.
- NodeMCU Firmware Wiki – Hosted on GitHub.
- Nurdspace – A lot of information about the hardware.
Softwares
- ESP8266 SDK – Download Links
- ESP8266 Universal IO Bridge
- ESPlorer – ESP8266 Basic Ide.
- ESPlorer GitHub Repository – ESPlorer main repository.
- Espressif GitHub Repositories – Various software resources from the ESP8266 manufacturer.
- Android, IOS and RTOS ESP8266 related softwares – GitHub repository.
- Espruino for ESP8266 – Main Espruino site.
- esptool-ck – esptool.ck repository.
- esptool.py – esptool.py repository.
- Lua Loader – Program for uploading files to the ESP8266.
- NodeMCU GitHub – GitHub repository of the NodeMCU.
- NodeMCU Flasher – 32 bits – Windows 32-bits version.
- NodeMCU Flasher – 64 bits – Windows 64-bits version.
- Various ESP8266 related projects – GitHub repository.
- Various ESP8266 related projects (HTTPD) – GitHub repository.
Documentation
- Flash RW Operation v0.2
- Hardware User Guide v1.1
- I2S Module Description v1.0
- Interface GPIO Registers Release 2014-11-15
- Interface Infrared Remote Control v0.3
- Interface SDIO SPI M o o de v0.1-2
- Interface SPI Registers Release 2014-11-18
- Interface SPI-WiFi Passthrough 1 – interrupt mode
- Interface SPI-WiFi Passthrough 2 – interrupt mode
- Interface Timer Registers Release 2014-11-18
- Interface UART Registers v0.1
- Interface UART v0.2
- IOT SDK User Manual V1.4
- OTA Upgrade v1.6
- Pin List Release 2014-11-15
- Sleep Mode Function Description v1.0
- Sniffer Introduction v0.3
- SPI Overlap & Display Application Guide v0.1
- SPI Reference v1.0
Projects
- 192 Projects tagged with “ESP8266” on hackaday.io
- Control a Lamp Remotely Using the ESP8266 WiFi Chip on www.openhomeautomation.net
- Graphic Equalizer Display using ESP8266-12, MSGEQ7 and WS2812
- ESP8266 controlling a Water Heater (Boiler) – Small step towards a smart house
- Various Projects – ESP8266 Controlled Outlet, WiFi Hotspot Finder, Wifi Connected Button, Ask Google for the time, AC Power Monitor, Rain Gauge Monitor
Suppliers
- Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 breakout
- NodeMCU v2 – Lua based ESP8266 development kit
- NodeMcu V3 Lua WIFI Internet of Things development board based on ESP8266 – Search for ESP8266
- SparkFun WiFi Shield – ESP8266
Free books
- Kolban’s book on the ESP8266 – More than 300 pages of information on the ESP8266
Forums
- ESP8266 – A forum that contains a lot of information about the ESP8266.
Books
- Home Automation Systems Using The ESP8266 – Marco Schwartz – 55 pages – $4 US
- Home Automation Using ESP8266 – Rui Santos – – $20 US
- SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Development Workshop – Agus Kurniawan – 65 pages – $3 US
Disclaimer: I do not endorse the above books in any way. They are listed only because they exists.