Few devices have hit the hacker/maker word with quite as large a bang as the ESP8266. [Brian] first reported a new $5 WiFi module back in August. Since then there have been an explosion of awesome … ...

Every so often we run across something in the Hackaday tip line that sends us scurrying to Google, trying to source a component, part, or assembly. The ESP8266 WiFi module is the latest, made inter… ...

After programming, you can plug your ESP module correctly on the ESP socket of the relay board. In the next step, you can operate the system using a 5-9V DC power source (12VDC maximum). Wi-Fi Relay & ...

If you take a deep look at the D1 Wi-Fi board, you will see that it is different from the claimed to be new version WeMos D1 R2. That is because the latter (D1 R2) has a ESP8266-12F (Not 12E) Wi-Fi ...

The Alkomat's internal Wi-Fi module and Web server, ... The system is powered by a Microchip PIC microcontroller connected to a Sparkfun ESP8266 Wi-Fi module.

It should be worth noting, however, that the ESP8266 chip only works on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, so the script doesn’t pose a risk to every network. How much of a threat is it? Minor.

Each cartridge will include an ESP8266 Wi-Fi chipset and an FPGA to manage communications between the NES and the Wi-Fi chipset, we're told, and will use rollback netcode.