The ESP8266 is the reigning WiFi wonderchip, quickly securing its reputation as the go-to platform for an entire ecosystem of wireless devices. There’s nothing that beats the ESP8266 on a cap… ...

Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE. Finall… ...

me@mybox:~/Arduino/myBlinky $ git add -A me@mybox:~/Arduino/myBlinky $ git commit -m ↪"Blinking on esp8266 board" [master 2ccff1d] Blinking on esp8266 board 5 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 ...

The 5.2V is safe for all 5V-powered electronics like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or Beagle Bone while preventing icky brown-outs during high current draw because of USB cable resistance.