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.

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So far, his tutorials include a “getting started with chibiArduino”, his own Arduino-based wireless library, as well as a more basic tutorial on how radio works. [Akiba] already made a name ...

Then, an Arduino board ... does support wireless communication protocols like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, though. However, additional components -- a Wi-Fi shield and a Bluetooth module -- are required.