ESPToy 1.2 for easier Easier start with ESP8266

It seems that ESP8266 WiFi module is successfully building a community around itself. And there are dozens of reasons for that. First of all – module is really cheap, then it can connect things to internet via WiFi and lastly it can be programmed as stand alone microcontroller by using Lua language. So it dives quite some opportunities. Ray recently discovered its potential. In the beginning he was playing with this module like with any other unit which accepts AT commands from host controller and does bring WiFi connectivity. But then he gave a try to its programming capability. Of course there is an initial hustle to flash it with Lua firmware that enables it to be programmed with scrips (there is even an Arduino IDE for scripting). Then he… Continue reading