DFRobot FireBeetle ESP8266 Manual Download Page 3

 

Tutorial

 

In this tutorial, we'll show you some basic operation with FireBeetle-ESP8266 Microcontroller.  

Requirements

 

 

Hardware

  

 

FireBeetle ESP8266 IOT Microcontroller x 1 

 

Micro USB Cable x1 

 

Software

  

 

Arduino IDE (newest), 

Click to Download Arduino IDE from Arduino®

 

 

Download CH340 FireBeetle ESP8266 Window Driver

 

Note:

 CH340 driver is free to install for most of Windows OS, if you find there is no COM Port in 

Device Manager, please download the driver and install it. 

 

Setup Arduino IDE Development Environment

 

 

Plug FireBeetle to your computer, install the driver manually. 

 

Add FireBeetle Board URL to Arduino IDE 

 

Open Arduino IDE, 

File->Preferences

, find 

Additional Boards Manager URLs

, copy the below 

link, and paste in the blank. 

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DFRobot/FireBeetle-
ESP8266/master/package_firebeetle8266_index.json  

Summary of Contents for FireBeetle ESP8266

Page 1: ...r programs and firmware storage Compatible with Arduino programming enables Firebeetle ESP8266 to lower the barrier of programming Operator can implement Arduino programming codes directly onto ESP826...

Page 2: ...nterface x1 IR interface x1 I2S interface x1 Interface XH2 54mm Pin No soldering default In Combination of Wi Fi MAC BB RF PA LNA WiFi IEEE802 11 b g n 2 4 GHz 2 5 GHz not support 5GHz WiFi Operating...

Page 3: ...te CH340 driver is free to install for most of Windows OS if you find there is no COM Port in Device Manager please download the driver and install it Setup Arduino IDE Development Environment Plug Fi...

Page 4: ...File Preferences paste url here...

Page 5: ...Click OK Open Tools Board Boards Manager waiting automatic update You ll find FireBeetle ESP8266 Now the development environment has been installed you can use it like a normal Arduino board...

Page 6: ...ED_BLINK LOW turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW delay 1000 wait for a second Note ESP8266 has different pinmap in different development environment For example the LED connects IO2 which maps...

Page 7: ...t WiFi scanNetworks will return the number of networks found int n WiFi scanNetworks Serial println scan done if n 0 Serial println no networks found else Serial print n Serial println networks found...

Page 8: ...println Wait a bit before scanning again delay 5000 Open your Arduino IDE serial monitor For any questions advice or cool ideas to share please visit the DFRobot Forum https www dfrobot com product 16...

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