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.

Few devices have hit the hacker/maker word with quite as large a bang as the ESP8266. [Brian] first reported a new $5 WiFi module back in ... the ESP8266 with an Arduino Mega2560.

If you’re not familiar with coding, you can use the WiFiScan example file in the Arduino IDE as a reference for ... Of course ...