5$ Arduino WiFi Module!? ESP8266 mini Tutorial/Review

9 років тому

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In this small Tutorial/Review I will show what the ESP8266 is, what this module can do and how to handle it the correct way.
Music:
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats

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@garychap8384 8 років тому

Arduino Wi-Fi module ... $5 Having Arnold Schwarzenegger talk you through it? ... Priceless.

@Vnifit 8 років тому

+GaryChap ayy bro u are featured in his new vid

@entropic7768 8 років тому

you are in his video

@ibrahimkayani2824 7 років тому

Davidog69 where

@ayjayess7418 6 років тому

Q&A&C #2

@manseimark 5 років тому

Hahaha this comment made my day

@abhinavrawat2916 7 років тому

i am a student so sometimes its hard to afford these type modules. but your videos inspire me to cut down my pocket money and have a good time with electronics. thank you so much.

@gnormhurst 7 років тому

Excellent explanation, very practical, and not long-winded like some of these 25 minute videos. To the point. Thank you!

@uwestyx8749 9 років тому

first video in the context of tech presentation for a long time that really contains what the headline promised - and not a selfish video that just says "ohh world - look at me"... thank you dude.

@sanlistonmadzima 7 років тому

"$5 for wifi module..." *subscribes* "I put all the links to awesome projects in the description below..." *Subscribing intensifies*

@Honeybearsphone 6 років тому

waytoomanyllamas I almost broke my screen subscribing when he said that

@fanuchman 9 років тому

Your video is so well done and professional compared to all the other videos I have seen. Thank you, and keep it up!

@JosefTD 9 років тому

This is great, you should really have more subscribers for the quality tutorials that you offer. Keep up the good work. Could you make an extended tutorial for programming this with an Arduino.

@tritonmole 4 роки тому

I love your method - super cheap and can be built from bits that every electronics hobyist has on his/her desk.

@Djazeiry 9 років тому

the review i was looking for it , DUDE that's an outstanding video i really loved it !!!!!

@dl8cy 9 років тому

Du machst das wirklich großartig ... und Deine Videos werden immer besser - vielen vielen Dank!

@thevideoboy87 8 років тому

Thank you for this super interesting video. I had ordered these a long time ago, but now I might start using them. Great channel!

@stevetobias4890 3 роки тому

Make a weather station with a UV index that does a forecast lookup for your current location and also acts as a clock that has access to your Google calendar to remind you of upcoming appointments etc. This would be handy to be able to plug into your car with a lithium battery to power it in sleep mode when the car ignition is off and a built in lithium charging module can charge the battery when you are on the road.

@zxlee1 9 років тому

So far this is the best video I seen for ESP8266. Going to get some to try out soon.

@b3kstudio 7 років тому

I really like the way you say "5 volt kills it!"

@suharsh96 6 років тому

TheZoli This kills the board

@mbigras 7 років тому

@GreatScott! Man I loved this video thank you so much :) just letting you know I think it would be really cool if you could do a demo video where you hook this up to a home appliance and power the home appliance on via a command sent over wifi, please please it would be so cool!!

@greatscottlab 7 років тому

I included the module in my 7 segment internet display project

@mbigras 7 років тому

right on thanks man, I'll check it out :)

@Ed19601 7 років тому

or this one www.aliexpress.com/item/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266-by/32649468489.html There is no real reason anymore to stick an 8266 onto an arduino as it can handle many tasks alone

@goofypettiger 9 років тому

Excellent. Thank you for sharing this. This was very helpful. Was just going to start experimenting with the ESP8266.

@Error-nf8yy 7 років тому

Thanks for the video. Concise and addresses the 3V signal voltage issue nicely.

@joshua7551 7 років тому

"how to handle them probably" love the vid

@Xenthera 4 роки тому

joshua craft I’m glad he decided to tell us how to handle them. I wasn’t sure if he would.

@MARS-GREENH0USE 4 роки тому

Rad

@halollisimo 7 років тому

hey Scott, great vid! did u know you could just cut those onboard female connectors at 1:50 with side cutters instead of a hacksaw so you wouldn't get much plastic dust? same applies to cutting pcb - pair of tin cutters does the job w/o lots of residual dust. it isn't precise for fancy cuts but it is faster and cleaner that way imo

@MrTalhakamran2006 9 років тому

GreatScott! Please create a ESP8266 plugged with humidity sensor to check the humidity of soil and then turning water on/off based on humidity. Very practical and will definitely help a lot of folks out there.

@danielkraus5662 4 роки тому

I love the video I never got into wifi, but now planning on it. Very informative thank you.

@mauropanareo2251 7 місяців тому

You are Great Scott!

@KennethScharf 7 років тому

The ftdi chip can be wired for 3v operation, no level conversion needed! Connect its 3v regulated output to the vio (io power input) pin. You may have to cut and jumper your FTDI board, adafruit ones can be rejumpered.

@surfgilmer 9 років тому

good tutorial! I received my esp8266 December 22, 2014. A few comments so far: I made several mistakes with the voltage divider. And it is my profession. Beware. fortunally i did not kill them. My advice order a logic level converter with it for only around 2 euros. Remember TX on RX and RX ON TX. I also noticed that the new esp8266 already sets on a baudrate of 9600. Finally, the AT commands only work with capital letters. And the serial monitor should be at LF and CR are otherwise the ESP8266 is not communicating. Anyway all credits for great scott!

@Anonymous-vh6kp 3 роки тому

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@warrensmith3705 9 років тому

Great video. Love your accent. It's super helpful. Thanks for sharing.

@freakqnc 7 років тому

1:08 awesome! That's what I have been looking for! No more adding an arduino or (or RPi) to control a switch, pump, temp sensor, actuator etc. Simply get the ESP8266 IP and control its GPIO pins directly from a single page... Ideally one could connect to multiple modules at the same time to control a pool of ESP8266 modules at once rather than having to access them one by one by typing their respective IPs in the browser and load the control UI for just one module each time wanting to control a module. Can't wait for that to happen, then IoT will really take off! :)

@Jobobaboss 2 роки тому

this seems impossible. But i think about two moths ago, i had never remotely expected that i was able to do what i did now with the arduino. Making advanced menu screens, multitasking, using libraries and such. So don't give up. Giving up is not winning, and winning is not giving up. We and y'all can do this. It takes a little patience and frustrations, and maybe you get depressed sometimes, but that's ok. It's part of the process of learning, part of life. ;-) Arduino's are amazing! And thanks GreatScott! for your content!

@Tn-yl3cm Рік тому

To see how he started makes me way more confident about my on projects

@Mikaneko619 7 років тому

It's really intriguing to watch your tutorial since I'm a newbie for doing module study research !!!! You made things got easier and you have a quite unique way of teaching 😆😆😆😆😆thumbs up from Taiwan 😁thanks once again for all your great sharing !!!

@greatscottlab 7 років тому

Thanks, you're welcome.

@dylanwebb6087 7 років тому

Why is there any dislike he teaching us stuff be thankful and drop a like on his video

@yekutielbenheshel354 7 років тому

I agree with you. Intentionally down-voting this video is despicable. I suppose some people inadvertently down-voted it because they were tired, distracted, or drunk; others were probably bitter, others were probably nasty, and others were probably evil.

@thomaskeystone6613 7 років тому

There are dislike bots that go onto many youtube videos and instantly dislike every one.

@ashishgautam7889 7 років тому

sometime it is faster to find your video in dislike list rather than in liked video.

@microk7648 7 років тому

What is the point in making a dis-like bot?

@Error-nf8yy 7 років тому

I agree but just looking around the internet will show you that there are sad people with low self worth who negatively comment and rate just about anything. Plus stupid bots created by want to be hackers. You could see a video of a puppy saving a bus full of women and children and some people will hate on it. I think those type of people also seem to post and rate a lot more often than normally balanced individuals. A ratio of 6000 to 60 is actually a very liked video.

@adityaprabhu6 2 роки тому

I was wondering where you got the specific perforated board you used in this video. Great tutorial!

@jfrmilner 9 років тому

Great video, this really helped in getting my ESP8266 online. Thank you.

@fuazexfuaze5484 7 років тому

Extremely clear and handy! Though, nowadays it's far more easier to use the ESP without Arduino, there are multiple ESP based devboards and you can program them with the Arduino IDE.

@jamespowell3056 Рік тому

i cant get my head around the arduino coding and how would i go around using the arduino ide?

@mahinakhter8157 9 місяців тому

@@jamespowell3056skill issue

@fusion_42 8 місяців тому

@@mahinakhter8157bro has no chill

@mahinakhter8157 8 місяців тому

@@fusion_42 dandori issue

@computerit7490 8 років тому

Brought 2PCS of these wifi modules! Awesome!

@kevinrhug 9 років тому

Nice video. I juat ordered a pack of these from Ebay and I am excited to see what I can control. I teach an electronics class in my high school and so I am also excited to get my students involved in the internet of things

@thinkwareltd 8 років тому

Thank you for posting this informative clip.

@user-wr3up5pc1r 5 років тому

"I hooked everything up as I described it before". You show the circuit for 1s. Do you have a circuit schematics?

@CCGW0RLD 6 років тому

Dope content, keep it up and stay blessed!!!

@jojos08 9 років тому

useful description and very neat hack the one you showed with the male/female header bridge! keep it coming!

@ThexAmaterasu 9 років тому

Glad I'm subscribed to this guy! :D

@darminaxel5809 5 років тому

I have one of these. You can turn on an LED in my room from anywhere in the world. I used javascript, php and html to accomplish this. Sooo cool and fun. Took me 3 sleepless nights

@josecunha731 8 років тому

... great video, very informative, even for a newbie like me. Many thanks for sharing!

@misaalanshori 2 роки тому

I love how a wifi module is now a full general purpose microcontroller lol

@AR5ONL 3 роки тому

I absolutely love this man

@bill2009utube 9 років тому

Excellent tutorial. Clear, complete, and inspiring. I'll be trying this with the olduino soon.

@harshitanand1049 8 років тому

Hi Mr scott... I started watching your videos last week. They are amazing. Is that FTDI board necessary to use 8266?

@MikrocontrollerProjekte 9 років тому

Nice Review. The ESP is a nice piece of hardware. I also did some Projects with it.

@superezbz 6 років тому

I just discovered your channel. Apologize for necroposting, but I absolutely love your videos.

@slincolne 8 років тому

When soldering short runs of headers, sometimes it is better to put the pins in the long way, solder, and then push the plastic down. When I do this I place the finished adapter on a breadboard, and press the adapter down firmly to push the plastic up to the PCB. Saves mess and burnt fingers :-)

@nobody102 9 років тому

Thanks for putting that together!

@davemisme 9 років тому

Thank you . excelent presentation. may I be so bold as to suggest that the board adapter be made to have the voltage converters ?

@SrgjanLDTeam 8 років тому

this is awesome, i just ordered for just 2.95.. can you believe that :D i cant wait for it to arrive :D

@briank3321 3 роки тому

Srg you probably ordered from ALI express, I bet your still waiting for it :))

@SrgjanLDTeam 3 роки тому

@@briank3321 Nahh, I passed an exam with that one.

@SunilSheth 9 років тому

Perfect video to start with awesome cheap wifi module................ thanks for the video !

@keegansherwood6249 7 років тому

Hello great Scott could you please make a vidoe on ftdi breakouts and which ones to buy. kind regards

@debjitkhaskel7879 4 роки тому

Truely an awesome and useful video the best success ful projects for me THANKS A LOT! KEEP UP WITH SUCH VIDEOS

@jamescullins2709 5 років тому

I thought that strange a Scott talking like Arnold.. good job!

@ibrahimjadiri6217 8 років тому

hi ,thank you for the video I have a brobleme when i connect it but it doesn't respond to any AT commands.

@rcrack2k 4 роки тому

If you install tasmota firmware on it, you will have a big library you can work with. I use this module to control a relais to put on/off lights.

@BobDuCharme 9 років тому

Great job with the video. Very impressive.

@Engrbilal143 Рік тому

Great video of Great Scott. Though nowadays esp development boards like NodeMCU are more common and easy to use.

@elianation23 9 років тому

i feel like Arnold narrated this! lol great tutorials as always .

@cankayabek949 4 роки тому

in situations like 2:00, i completely extend the pins in the black plastic, and insert pins through other side, to avoid touching the plastic with soldering iron

@danmaneah65 9 років тому

Love your videos, I was wondering if you had a wiring diagram for this video. Would be greatly appreciated!

@atm2042 8 років тому

you should remove the plastic to solder the pins, afterwards you can place the plastic again

@FakirCB 8 років тому

+atm2042 That way he would never get the pins straight. I would personally rather use stripboard instead of a perfboard and an SMD version of the socket, which would make it a bit more comfortable, but either way is fine.

@nathangek 7 років тому

You should do another video on the ESP8266. Espressif (company behind ESP8266) release their SDK and now you can program the microcontroller on the ESP itself using the Arduino IDE. No need for any microcontroller besides the ESP8266 module anymore :)

@irishRocker1 7 років тому

I was just going to ask why exactly he bothered with the arduino when you can program the 8266 but i didnt know the SDK wasnt always available.

@ArgeKumadan 7 років тому

that's because extra hardware takes extra space and costs. all i want is control a relay via internet. why would i need an arduino if i have a esp wifi card?

@billybobjoe2818 5 років тому

@@ArgeKumadan Ali, I need to do the same, but 4 relays, wifi signal - have you accomplished this ? If so, could you please share with me ? I'm an electronic tech from the 1970"s but not that good and having a hard time figuring this out please Thanks wc.baron@gmail.com

@youradvertisehere 9 років тому

Thanks for that video mate. I just figured out of these breakouts a couple of hours ago and your video gives me a great spot to start thinking about new projects! One question: do you use the voltage divider for power supply as well? I red that you shouldn't do this anytime.

@greatscottlab 9 років тому

Klaus Daume Correct, a voltage divider does not work as a power supply.

@Ch0rr1s 7 років тому

@GreatScott! Man, i really LOVE your videos. i was interested in electronic Stuff for years, but your videos inspired me to play around a while back. i'm still more into try 'n' error, but i already built some nice LED projects. (i finished 2 Arduino controlled LED Cubes - heck yeah!) But i still have one question - where do you get these big Perfboards? i just find them in smaller sizes like 4x6 or 7x9. I'd love to build your "LED Sign VU meter" (with a different Text) but i didnt find a perfboard with a fitting size :/ I'd love a hint :) Besides that, thanks for your GREAT videos, i love them :)

@valrie9157 9 років тому

Very nice! Thanks for this, I will buy one.

@Zanzubaa 6 років тому

Well made video. Thank you. I will be buying a few of these.

@TheWhitde 7 років тому

Thanks Scott! Gunna give my troublesome bluetooth modules the ass if I can get the esp8266 to work.

@TechnocraticBushman 9 років тому

Thanks loads! Just bought a few.

@jeremymarks8587 8 років тому

Is there any way you could make a video on using the Gpio pins with a newer one, and show how to not use a microcontoller? And this is a great video

@dammuozz 9 років тому

It would be awesome to have a video about using this little board as an arduino, like "how to modify and then upload custom firmware on ESP8266 board" :)

@raahimirfan5996 4 роки тому

It is a kind request to make a video on the comparison of all wifi boards... Thanks

@dozyproductionss 6 років тому

Love your videos. Feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger is teaching me electronics.

@314abdelrahman 3 роки тому

I want start learning 😭 and making communication circuit , what reference I can use as beginner

@gicahagiftw5888 5 років тому

Thank you so much it helped me a lot!

@dan.m.8614 9 років тому

Hello scott i loved your tutorial but please can you tell me how to do the same thing but instead of the led, with a servo please, instead of turning on a led, moving a servo please

@8bits-pt 9 років тому

There is an easier way to solder the female pin headers on the PCB, just slide the pins all the way to the longer side then stick them in the holes from the the top side of the PCB and solder them on the copper side.

@tomkut7794 8 років тому

is it possible to make a tiny wifi-based tracker (e.g. for a bicycle) with this and arduino nano or pro mini? This would obviously only work in a city with a prevalent wifi hotspots.

@BetaSeven 3 роки тому

Looking in retrospect i am amazed how far ESP8266 has gotten.

@startobytes 4 роки тому

Hi, could you make a Video about how to use the Nrf24l01 with a button and a Led at the recever.

@loganbyrne3054 6 років тому

You did a great job on this video. I have all the stuff. But would just using the 3.3v from the Arduino or the YwRobot side work as well? And still have the 5v open for additional items? Please, let me know cause i just got 3 16x2 LCDs and want to make sensors and communicate with the LCD and my phone. Thanx. And yes, I cheated, I use a parallel cable to pinset the ESP-01.

@mountainfanatic 9 років тому

Awesome, I'd like more videos regarding the ESP8266 :)...Especially I'd be interested in its application for home-automation (temperature&humidity monitoring, led control, switching some remote control-switches)..A great arduino project for home automation which would work with it (but doesn't have yet support for ESP8266) is "Souliss". I'd also be interesting in if its possible to use the ESP8266 as a transparent serial link for getting telemetry from a rc plane to the ground. :)

@SouthernOregonCoast 9 років тому

Wow, this is huge . . . add WiFi to your imbedded project for less than $5 with the benefit of SDK Dev software + multiple IO's! My current WiFi shields cost $50 :( You did a great mod to make it breadboard friendly for initial prototyping. Looking forward to putting it on my remote garden moisture sensors. Thank You for sharing.

@6BlackWings 9 років тому

Great video, man!

@jasonchen3659 6 років тому

Thanks, this video really helps a lot.

@mw91ful 8 років тому

i intend on using an arduino pro micro for reading sensor data and connect it to the wifi module

@ronthered138 6 років тому

Nice. Thanks for uploading.

@MACHINEBUILDER 4 роки тому

Amazing video! I loved it! I'm thinking of buying 5m of RGB led strips to backlight my desk with, and I'm going to connect it to an Arduino. The Arduino will act as a tcp server on my home network, and my desktop will connect to that IP address via a python program, which also runs a webpage hosted on my home wifi, that I can use with my phone, to control the RGB colour from my phone :) hope that makes sense lol

@tayyab1785 6 років тому

that really good. for that of request side i want you to make game controller with that wifi module i have seen game pad with HID Bluetooth but that feel expensive for over all project thanks

@ranjithg7598 7 років тому

Hello sir, I liked this video. And i want to see another video on this subject with an example.

@Vagubando Рік тому

And what needs to be changed or added to the sketch in order to register two access points (that is, two WiFi networks)? If one doesn't work, will it connect to the other by itself?

@CristianSzwarc 9 років тому

great Scott! nice and useful vid

@gregm.857 6 років тому

Nice tutorial, thanks! I do have a question: *before* you flashed the new v.0.92, when the 8266 still had 0.90, would it still respond to all the AT commands? I ask because I just got an ESP-01, which I tested at 115200 baud, etc. My module responds to only four commands: restore, reset, and AT+GMR. (It replies v.1.3.0.0) Any other command returns "ERROR." Is that normal, or is there possibly something wrong with my ESP-01? THANKS AGAIN!

@mfalme254 5 років тому

thanks great video. Question: what is the wifi range of the esp8266 ?

@PakiNewsNetwork 4 роки тому

GreatScott is titled great because his videos have superiority over others. Scott, please make some more vids for esp8266 01 that might display rss feed etc.

@nikolaiorr8383 5 років тому

I probably should have picked this up easily as I love electronics work but what exactly does the WiFi module do does it provide WiFi or shield it so only you can use it and detect it

@cambike 7 років тому

@GreatScott I am looking to make a camera follow focus using stepper motors x 2 and could do with some help in the most efficient way to do this, I purchased 2 x nema 17 motors, ardudio and a few lcd screens, would love a tutorial on how to make an advanced version, I would send you all the required parts if you could make the video on how to do it. Although I do not understand most of the electronics you use I AM ADDICTED TO YOUR VIDEOS, :)