Whoa nelly! This web site is running entirely on an 8266, responds instantly, and is handling the kiss of death associated with HN linking with no problem. That is <i>amazing.</i>
this is indeed probably the best low-cost wifi chip out there, most of the esp8266 modules are still acting as an add-on module for other host-cpus(e.g. arduino) though, wish it can run something like freertos or contik on its own so it can be a IoT sensor standalone(maybe it's there already, had not checked it in the last few months).<p>TI had similar products but it's too expensive, in that sense IoT hardware has to be 'made-in-china'
i am continuously impressed by the esp8266. i have been building things on and off with them for the last couple of months, and bought enough of them to give out.<p>at less than $2 each, they really are amazing.
For someone wanting to tinker but not being great at electronics project, what is the easiest way to:
- Play with the chip (testing interfaces, deploying code etc)
- "Deploy" it (ie. connect it to ground power, via 230v-USB connector or similar?
>running at 80Mhz<p>160MHz
<a href="http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?p=8107#p8107" rel="nofollow">http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?p=8107#p8107</a><p>also "Rebooting every 400 users" doesnt sound all that stable :)
Plus, running micropython this board rocks. Imagine a repl on the USB serial interface. My branch is rock solid posting millions of messages from python to a webserver.
Wasn't this posted yesterday? I swear I saw it in the RSS feed.<p>edit: Yeah, <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10369608" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10369608</a> Weird, what's a repost invite?