WiFi Module - ESP8266 - WRL-13252 - SparkFun Electronics PDF
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Description: The ESP8266 WiFi Module is a self contained SOC with integrated TCP/IP protocol stack
that can give any microcontroller access to your WiFi network. The ESP8266 is capable of either hosting
an application or offloading all WiFi networking functions from another application processor. Each
ESP8266 module comes preprogrammed with an AT command set firmware, meaning, you can simply
hook this up to your Arduino device and get about as much WiFiability as a WiFi Shield offers (and that’s
just out of the box)! The ESP8266 module is an extremely cost effective board with a huge, and ever
growing, community.
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This module has a powerful enough onboard processing and storage capability that allows it to be
integrated with the sensors and other application specific devices through its GPIOs with minimal
development upfront and minimal loading during runtime. Its high degree of onchip integration allows
for minimal external circuitry, including the frontend module, is designed to occupy minimal PCB area.
The ESP8266 supports APSD for VoIP applications and Bluetooth coexistance interfaces, it contains a
selfcalibrated RF allowing it to work under all operating conditions, and requires no external RF parts.
There is an almost limitless fountain of information available for the ESP8266, all of which has been
provided by amazing community support. In the Documents section below you will find many resources
to aid you in using the ESP8266, even instructions on how to transforming this module into an IoT
(Internet of Things) solution!
Note: The ESP8266 Module is not capable of 53V logic shifting and will require an external Logic Level
Converter. Please do not power it directly from your 5V dev board.
Features:
802.11 b/g/n
WiFi Direct (P2P), softAP
Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack
Integrated TR switch, balun, LNA, power amplifier and matching network
Integrated PLLs, regulators, DCXO and power management units
+19.5dBm output power in 802.11b mode
Power down leakage current of <10uA
Integrated low power 32bit CPU could be used as application processor
SDIO 1.1 / 2.0, SPI, UART
STBC, 1×1 MIMO, 2×1 MIMO
AMPDU & AMSDU aggregation & 0.4ms guard interval
Wake up and transmit packets in < 2ms
Standby power consumption of < 1.0mW (DTIM3)
Documents:
NURDspace Wiki (Schematic, Datasheet, & More!)
Instructables Tutorial
ESP8266 Community Forum
AT Command Set
GitHub (ESP8266)
GitHub (GCCXtensa)
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COMMENTS 46 REVIEWS 1
Customer Reviews
4 out of 5
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9 of 9 found this helpful:
The Little Module that could, and probably will!
about 2 months ago by barryjh verified purchaser
A lot of bang for the buck! Overall it’s a pretty solid little board. It comes preloaded with firmware that
implements an AT command interface. I recommend updating to the latest AT command firmware,
especially if you are going to use UDP mode of communication.
I haven’t used it with TCP connections, but the UDP mode seems to be very robust. I’ve had it running
for over 3 days sending UDP packets every 2 seconds and it’s still going strong, no hiccups with WiFi
connection or serial data transmission to and from the module. I’m sure my awesome software design
and coding has something to do with it, but the module is holding its own :)
Range seems pretty good, I had no problem connecting to my router indoors from anywhere inside, and
I even took my setup on a breadboard out to the furthest point in my yard, about 150 feet from the house
and was able to connect to my router down in the basement through solid concrete poured foundation.
Not too shabby.
Since they are so economical I bought 2, and I’m glad I did, as the description mentions do not hook this
up to more than 3.3 volts. When I went to update my firmware on one of the boards I didn’t have my
glasses on and inadvertently connected the GPIO0 to USB 5v rather than ground the next terminal over.
When I noticed the mixup I switched it to ground and successfully flashed the new image, but when I try
to boot up normal it just spews garbage out of the serial port, so it is very sensitive to the wrong voltage.
I don’t have any issues with the board, but I can’t bring myself to give it a 5 star rating as I believe that
should be saved for special circumstances, even though this module is lots of bang for the buck I feel like
there could be a better ESP8266 board so I’ll call it a 4.5 and recommend you play around with one if
you haven’t already.
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