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WifiRobot - Cutting the Cord

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July 25, 2015
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WifiRobot - Cutting the Cord

Quick rundown on the ESP8266 and getting your Nodebot set up to use a simple wifi - serial bridge.
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July 25, 2015
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Transcript

  1. WifiRobot Cutting the Cord

  2. ESP8266 Small Cheap Wireless Module 3 - 5 dollars SDK

    for native development LUA Massive community of developers

  3. Wifi Access Point Home Router Client Laptop Light Globe

  4. WIFI Access Host AP Mode Private Access Point Client Mode

    Join Existing Network

  5. Firmware Written while @ajfisher was in China by the makeblock

    team Has a small Admin UI Needs some work but very close @geekscape and I sorted out a few bugs! https://github.com/wolfeidau/nodebots_MeWIFI

  6. Wifi Bridge Load firmware on your ESP8266 Module Connect to

    the HostAP Load the Firmata configured to do 115200 baud Connect your robot to the ESP8266 Module Serial connection (RX/TX/VCC/GND) WIN

  7. The Code

  8. ESP-01 Module

  9. Links http://espressif.com/en/products/esp8266/ https://github.com/wolfeidau/nodebots_MeWIFI https://github.com/igrr/esptool-ck https://github.com/nodebotsau/simplebot/blob/master/ examples/network_sb.js http://wiki.iteadstudio.com/ ESP8266_Serial_WIFI_Module

  10. The End @wolfeidau on twitter https://github.com/wolfeidau [email protected] http://wolfe.id.au