Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I ...

This isn’t an ESP8266 shield, either: you can write code for the ESP module, connect the serial pins, and hit the program button. The basic functions of the Arduino IDE – pinMode, digitalRead ...

But the real question you have to ask is: is it better to use an integrated component or just put an Arduino and ESP8266 together? [Andreas Spiess] not only asked the question, but he answered it ...