Now you have a barebones ESP-01 programming adapter ready to work with Arduino IDE. The next step is to start your own experiments with ESP-01. For examples, the Arduino core for ESP8266 comes with ...

Before proceeding with flashing the firmware, it's important to upload a bare minimum sketch to the Arduino UNO. This ensures the board is in a known state and can act as a bridge for programming the ...

ESP8266 HomeKit Garage Door Controller This project turns a low-cost ESP8266 module (ESP-01) and relay board into a HomeKit-compatible garage door opener, allowing you to control your garage door ...

Beyond the 3D printed holder for the pogo pins, this programmer uses a FTDI USB-to-serial adapter, a couple passive components to smooth out the power going into the chip, and a couple buttons.

Programming: There’s a ROM for That There’s a few things to take note of when programming the ESP8266. One is that there are a bunch of functions that are built into the ROM you can leverage.