Learning AWS IoT

IoT boards based on ESP8266 MCU

ESP8266 is a low-cost Wi-Fi MCU with full TCP/IP support. It's built by Espressif, a Chinese manufacturer. For further information about this chip, refer to http://espressif.com/en/products/hardware/esp8266ex/overview.

There are many boards based on the ESP8266 chip. The following is a list of board platforms built on top of ESP8266 MCU:

• NodeMCU: This board uses NodeMCU firmware, with Lua as the programming language. For more information, refer to the official website at  http://www.nodemcu.com/index_en.html.
• SparkFun ESP8266 Thing: This is developed by SparkFun. You should use serial hardware, such as FTDI, to write a program in this board, but this product is ready for a LiPo charger. You can read more about ...