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How the ESP8266 Community Added Arduino Support for the  Microcontroller

How the ESP8266 Community Added Arduino Support for the $5 Microcontroller

I talk to Richard Sloan, who along with Ivan Grokhotkov, recently added support for the $5 ESP8266 microcontroller with onboard WiFi to the Arduino IDE.

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Designing a Breadboard Adaptor for the  ESP8266 Microcontroller

Designing a Breadboard Adaptor for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller

The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, but to the most common breakout board isn’t breadboard friendly. So we go ahead and build a breadboard adaptor (Part 3 of 3)

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Installing and Building an Arduino Sketch for the  ESP8266 Microcontroller

Installing and Building an Arduino Sketch for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller

The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, we walk you through installing the development environment and uploading your first sketch. (Part 2 of 3)

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ESP8266: This  Microcontroller with Wi-Fi is now Arduino-Compatible

ESP8266: This $5 Microcontroller with Wi-Fi is now Arduino-Compatible

What if you could have an Arduino compatible board, with WiFi, for just $5? Well now you can, because the ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible.

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