WiFi-enabled Color LED Matrix using ESP8266 and WS2812 LEDs


https://www.electronics-lab.com/wifi-enabled-color-led-matrix-using-esp8266-ws2812-leds/

ray @ rayshobby.net build a wifi enabled color led matrix using ESP8266. He writes: Last Thursday I had a lot of fun doing a workshop at my college (UMass Amherst) where I taught students to use a WiFi-enabled Color LED matrix combined with Javascript programs to create animations displayed onto the LED matrix. The matrix […]

$3.6 GPRS GSM Module from Ai Thinker


https://www.electronics-lab.com/3-6-gprs-gsm-module-ai-thinker/

ShenZhen Ai-thinker CO.,a leading enterprise in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry and the maker of the ESP-12E module, had launched a new killer module: $3.60 GSM GPRS A6 Module! Providing a chip cheaper than the popular ESP8266 seems to be promising and opens doors for future IoT inventions. This module seems to be a […]

ESP8266 16MB Flash Handling


https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-16mb-flash-handling/

Piers Finlayson shares his adventures in programming the ESP8266 to access 16MB flash: To put this in context, the original ESP8266 modules (such as the ESP-01) offered 512KB of flash, with the more recent ones (ESP-07) 1MB and then 4MB. The maximum addressable flash memory of the ESP8266 is 16MB according to the datasheet. (The […]

ESP8266 GMail sender


https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-gmail-sender/

Borya shows us how to send emails using an ESP8266 wifi module. I will show you how to send emails from any ESP8266 wifi module using Gmail server. This instructable relies on Arduino core for ESP8266 WiFi chip, which makes a self-contained microcontroller from it (no need of AT commands and master devices). ESP8266 GMail […]

WiLoader : The WiFi Programmer for Arduino & AVR


https://www.electronics-lab.com/wiloader-wifi-programmer-arduino-avr/

The new generation of programmers that use WiFi instead of cables. Program, control and monitor Robots, AVR and Arduino over WiFi. Have you ever thought of programming wirelessly ? WiLoader is the answer. But HOW ???? WiLoader easily connects to your WiFi network, then you can program your AVR, Arduino boards, Robots and other targets […]

ESP8266 Wifi enabled 8×64 pixel LED matrix display


https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-wifi-enabled-8x64-pixel-led-matrix-display/

Raj @ embedded-lab.com build an ESP8266 based led matrix display. This matrix is a modification of his previous bluetooth version and uses an ESP8266 as a web server to setup the display message. No other microcontroller is used to control the display so things are kept simple and easy to build your own. This project […]

A20 Plus – WIFI/GPRS/GSM/CAMERA module


https://www.electronics-lab.com/a20-plus-wifigprsgsmcamera-module/

Raymond Tunning shares the information he found about the new A20 modules bought from taobao. A20 Plus – WIFI/GPRS/GSM/CAMERA module – [Link]

RFM69 WIFI Gateway


https://www.electronics-lab.com/rfm69-wifi-gateway/

The RFM69GW is a RFM69 to MQTT gateway that uses the ubiquitous ESP8266 chip. There are two or three similar projects that I’m aware of but I’ve put together some hardware and firmware features that make it different. by Xose Pérez: I’m using Felix Rusu’s RFM69_ATC library so it supports Monteino nodes with Auto Transmission […]

Crowdfunding closing on $5 Linux + Wifi tiny IoT compute module


https://www.electronics-lab.com/crowdfunding-closing-5-linux-wifi-tiny-iot-compute-module/

World’s smallest Linux server, with Wi-Fi built-in. Omega 2 is a Linux compute module designed specifically for building connected hardware applications. It combines, say its designers Onion, “the tiny form factor and power-efficiency of the Arduino, with the power and flexibilities of the Raspberry Pi.” By Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com Omega 2 development is the […]

ESPTool – A WiFi Security Tool


https://www.electronics-lab.com/esptool-wifi-security-tool/

Daniel Grießhaber over hackaday.io created a project called ESPTool. It is a tool to test WiFi networks security and to demonstrate how easy it is to crack a WiFi password or jam a WiFi network. Daniel designed ESPTool for education and self-test purpose. The Device has SSD1306 based OLED display, microSD card socket, 3 general […]