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 ...

When we first heard about it a few weeks ago, we knew the ESP8266 UART to WiFi module was a special beast. It was cheap, gave every microcontroller the ability to connect to a WiFi network, and could ...

The ESP8266 is a wonderful Wi-Fi SoC that I have experimented with several times, playing with various boards and modules. Recently, I found a new ESP8266 toy: the Wi-Fi Witty, which currently sells ...

When planning an IoT project, most developers look for some magic brick that can speed up the initial design stage so that they can quickly get on with prototyping or actual building. Wi-Fi is a ...