The ESP8266 chip is a powerful and cheap microcontroller with an onboard Wi-Fi connection. It is also very easy to use, thanks to the compatibility with the Arduino IDE. Therefore, it's just the perfect chip to build the Internet of Things (IoT) projects.
Inside this book, we'll see how to build IoT projects using the ESP8266, via several step-by-step tutorials. At the end, you will know how to use all the functions of the ESP8266, and you will be able to build your own projects with this amazing Wi-Fi chip.
Chapter 1, Configuring the ESP8266, will be about getting started with the ESP8266, and learning how to configure the ESP8266 and all the hardware/software components that you need to use it.
Chapter 2, Your First ESP8266 Projects, will be about learning how to make your first simple projects with the ESP8266.
Chapter 3, More ESP8266 Functions, will be about learning advanced functions of the ESP8266, as using the file storage system.
Chapter 4, Using MicroPython on the ESP8266, will be focused on using the powerful & simple MicroPython language to build projects with the ESP8266.
Chapter 5, Cloud Data Monitoring, will be about connecting your ESP8266 to the cloud, in order to monitor your projects from anywhere in the world.
Chapter 6, Interacting with Web Services, will exploit the Wi-Fi connectivity of the ESP8266 to connect to existing Web services, such as IFTTT or Google Drive.
Chapter 7, Machine to Machine Interactions, will be about building projects where ESP8266 boards communicate directly with each other via the cloud.