Harshit Chhapliyal
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Add Wi-Fi to Arduino UNO Using ESP8266

Adding Wi-Fi to UNO using ESP

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Add Wi-Fi to Arduino UNO Using ESP8266

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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ESP8266 ESP-01
Espressif ESP8266 ESP-01
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
×1
Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Breadboard, 400 Pin
Breadboard, 400 Pin

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Code

main

Arduino
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerial wifiSerial(2, 3);      // RX, TX for ESP8266

bool DEBUG = true;   //show more logs
int responseTime = 10; //communication timeout

void setup()
{
  pinMode(13,OUTPUT);  //set build in led as output
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open esp8266:
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while (!Serial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
  }
  wifiSerial.begin(115200);
  while (!wifiSerial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
  }
  sendToWifi("AT+CWMODE=2",responseTime,DEBUG); // configure as access point
  sendToWifi("AT+CIFSR",responseTime,DEBUG); // get ip address
  sendToWifi("AT+CIPMUX=1",responseTime,DEBUG); // configure for multiple connections
  sendToWifi("AT+CIPSERVER=1,80",responseTime,DEBUG); // turn on server on port 80
 
  sendToUno("Wifi connection is running!",responseTime,DEBUG);
  

}


void loop()
{
  if(Serial.available()>0){
     String message = readSerialMessage();
    if(find(message,"debugEsp8266:")){
      String result = sendToWifi(message.substring(13,message.length()),responseTime,DEBUG);
      if(find(result,"OK"))
        sendData("\nOK");
      else
        sendData("\nEr");
    }
  }
  if(wifiSerial.available()>0){
    
    String message = readWifiSerialMessage();
    
    if(find(message,"esp8266:")){
       String result = sendToWifi(message.substring(8,message.length()),responseTime,DEBUG);
      if(find(result,"OK"))
        sendData("\n"+result);
      else
        sendData("\nErrRead");               //At command ERROR CODE for Failed Executing statement
    }else
    if(find(message,"HELLO")){  //receives HELLO from wifi
        sendData("\\nHI!");    //arduino says HI
    }else if(find(message,"LEDON")){
      //turn on built in LED:
      digitalWrite(13,HIGH);
    }else if(find(message,"LEDOFF")){
      //turn off built in LED:
      digitalWrite(13,LOW);
    }
    else{
      sendData("\nErrRead");                 //Command ERROR CODE for UNABLE TO READ
    }
  }
  delay(responseTime);
}


/*
* Name: sendData
* Description: Function used to send string to tcp client using cipsend
* Params: 
* Returns: void
*/
void sendData(String str){
  String len="";
  len+=str.length();
  sendToWifi("AT+CIPSEND=0,"+len,responseTime,DEBUG);
  delay(100);
  sendToWifi(str,responseTime,DEBUG);
  delay(100);
  sendToWifi("AT+CIPCLOSE=5",responseTime,DEBUG);
}


/*
* Name: find
* Description: Function used to match two string
* Params: 
* Returns: true if match else false
*/
boolean find(String string, String value){
  return string.indexOf(value)>=0;
}


/*
* Name: readSerialMessage
* Description: Function used to read data from Arduino Serial.
* Params: 
* Returns: The response from the Arduino (if there is a reponse)
*/
String  readSerialMessage(){
  char value[100]; 
  int index_count =0;
  while(Serial.available()>0){
    value[index_count]=Serial.read();
    index_count++;
    value[index_count] = '\0'; // Null terminate the string
  }
  String str(value);
  str.trim();
  return str;
}



/*
* Name: readWifiSerialMessage
* Description: Function used to read data from ESP8266 Serial.
* Params: 
* Returns: The response from the esp8266 (if there is a reponse)
*/
String  readWifiSerialMessage(){
  char value[100]; 
  int index_count =0;
  while(wifiSerial.available()>0){
    value[index_count]=wifiSerial.read();
    index_count++;
    value[index_count] = '\0'; // Null terminate the string
  }
  String str(value);
  str.trim();
  return str;
}



/*
* Name: sendToWifi
* Description: Function used to send data to ESP8266.
* Params: command - the data/command to send; timeout - the time to wait for a response; debug - print to Serial window?(true = yes, false = no)
* Returns: The response from the esp8266 (if there is a reponse)
*/
String sendToWifi(String command, const int timeout, boolean debug){
  String response = "";
  wifiSerial.println(command); // send the read character to the esp8266
  long int time = millis();
  while( (time+timeout) > millis())
  {
    while(wifiSerial.available())
    {
    // The esp has data so display its output to the serial window 
    char c = wifiSerial.read(); // read the next character.
    response+=c;
    }  
  }
  if(debug)
  {
    Serial.println(response);
  }
  return response;
}

/*
* Name: sendToUno
* Description: Function used to send data to Arduino.
* Params: command - the data/command to send; timeout - the time to wait for a response; debug - print to Serial window?(true = yes, false = no)
* Returns: The response from the esp8266 (if there is a reponse)
*/
String sendToUno(String command, const int timeout, boolean debug){
  String response = "";
  Serial.println(command); // send the read character to the esp8266
  long int time = millis();
  while( (time+timeout) > millis())
  {
    while(Serial.available())
    {
      // The esp has data so display its output to the serial window 
      char c = Serial.read(); // read the next character.
      response+=c;
    }  
  }
  if(debug)
  {
    Serial.println(response);
  }
  return response;
}

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Harshit Chhapliyal
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Automation and Robotics Engineering || CAD || CAM ||

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