Wemos D1 Mini, ESP8266 Getting Started Guide With Arduino

About:

• Wemos D1 Mini

• Microcontroller: ESP-8266EX

• Operating Voltage: 3.3V (chip) 5v (board)

• Digital I/O Pins: 11

• Analog input Pins: 1 (Max input: 3.2V)

• Mirco USB for power and programming

• CH340G serial to USB chip

• The Wemos is better than a normal esp board because you can directly program it.

• It can be programmed using little effort, and the Arduino IDE.

• There is lots of support for the ESP and the Arduino.

• The ESP8266 low-cost Wi-Fi chip with full TCP/IP stack

Links:

• https://www.wemos.cc/product/d1-mini.html

• https://www.arduino.cc/

• https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino.git

What you need:

• Wemos Kit (everything you will need and PRIME!)

• Wemos D1 Mini

• Micro USB Cable 3'

• Micro USB Cable 6'

• Wemos Relay Shield

• Wemos Temp & Humidity Shield (DHT22)

• Wemos Temp & Humidity Shield (DHT11)

• Breadboard 3 pack, worth getting more than 1 you can keep projects on one while you start another

• Soldering Iron Kit, cheap and comes with everything you need to get started including solder!

• Really Nice Soldering Iron

• Solder

• Desoldering (solder sucker and wick)

• Cheap Helping hands

• Really Nice Helping hands