Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE.

[Brian] first reported a new $5 WiFi module back in August ... [TM] has a great tutorial on combining the ESP8266 with an Arduino Mega2560. [TM’s] goal was a simple one: create a WiFi ...

That is because the latter (D1 R2) has a ESP8266-12F (Not 12E) Wi-Fi module on board. Note ... similar to the good old WeMos D1 R1 board that uses the Arduino Uno layout. It’s still very useful as the ...

Step forward YouTuber CNLohr, who appears to have developed a reasonably low-tech way to analyze the WiFi strength of any 3D space. Using just a WiFi module ... powered ESP8266 chip to ping ...