More news on the ESP8266. A SDK is now available, read more in this Hackaday article. This might turn the ESP8266 into something more than just a UART to WiFi module. Maybe this cheap thing can act as the main processor in my weatherstation as well as wifi module ?
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I downloaded it this morning from the google drive as a zip. Approx 1GB. WILL TEST TODAY.
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Seems that there are several types of UART-Wifi modules appearing. Such as MT7681 (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/MT7681-WiFi-module-p-2083.html?cPath=19_20) from Seedstudio. In a post in the esp8266 forum (http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44) there is a discussion about differences.
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There is a forum for the EPS8266 here: http://www.esp8266.com/
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EPS8266 is a wireless module. Its only purpose is a form of networking. You can use it to create a wireless web server and reprogram the wireless module to transmit or receive. But what you do with it will need to be connected wirelessly.
With that being said there is a programmable module on the board for doing many things. Just remember the module only holds around 4mb of data and what you do will need to be run as firmware. Look up LUA programming on EPS8266.
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The original post was posted a year ago. Since then, the various initiatives based on ESP8266 (not EPS, updated title) has exploded. Certainly has become an interesting candidate as main processor too.
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