Kevin Darrah | Cheap and Easy WiFi (IoT) Tutorial Part 1 - ESP8266 Setup/Intro @Kevindarrah | Uploaded December 2014 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
In this video I'll show you how to get started with the ESP8266; wiring it up, flashing FW, and establishing a TCP connection to a data server
so you can post/retrieve data to/from your microcontroller.

Don't forget about part 2 and 3!

Electrodragon Reference:
electrodragon.com/w/Wi07c

Firmware Location:
drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3dUKfqzZnlwRjFaNTUzZFptbzg&usp=drive_web

I uploaded the flasher tool here, in case you can't find it:
kevindarrah.com/micro/ESP_part3/ESP8266_Flasher_Tool.zip


Adapter Board:
youtube.com/watch?v=TbL53nk8OIw
Just search eBay for "ESP8266" to find the module

The Thingspeak Data Server I demo'ed:
thingspeak.com

Yahoo Query Language:
developer.yahoo.com/yql/console

Original Hackaday Article (how I found out about it)
hackaday.com/2014/08/26/new-chip-alert-the-esp8266-wifi-module-its-5

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