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1 Tutorial for ESP8266 Serial WiFi Module
1.1 Step-By-Step
2 Related Projects
2.1 WiFi Scanner -Know the WiFi Signal around you
2.2 Primary IoT Make with NodeMcu ->ESP8266<3 Share Your Awesome Projects with Us
4 Share Your Feedback on Seeed Wiki

Tutorial for ESP8266 Serial WiFi Module

In this tutorial, we'll use a seeeduino to control the ESP8266 WiFi module to request a
static page from the internet. This is a basic use of TCP socket, for other usage, please
refer to the AT command guide of the module.
Material list:

Seeeduino V3 (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Seeeduino-V30-Atmega-328P-p-669.html) / Arduino Uno

ESP8266 Serial WiFi module (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/WiFi-Serial-Transceiver-Module-w-ESP8266-p-1994.h
UartSBee v4 (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/UartSBee-V4-p-688.html) / other USB to TTL converter

Note We used a software serial to print some debugging information as theres only one
hardware serial on seeeduino board. But the limitation of software serial is that it cant
communicate in a higher baud rate than 19200. So part of the output from ESP module will
be dropped because the baud rate 57600 of ESP module is higher than that of the software
serial. If you have a board with more than one hardware serial (e.g. Arduino Mega 2560),
the case will be easier.

Step-By-Step
Step 1: connect module as the following picture

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Step 2: Programe the seeeduino board.

1. Open Arduino IDE and create a new sketch;
2. Parse the following code into the sketch editor (need modifying the SSID and PASS
macros into your own situation);
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#define SSID "xxxxxxxx"
#define PASS "xxxxxxxx"
#define DST_IP "220.181.111.85" //baidu.com
SoftwareSerial dbgSerial(10, 11); // RX, TX
void setup()
{
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(57600);
Serial.setTimeout(5000);
dbgSerial.begin(9600); //can't be faster than 19200 for softserial
dbgSerial.println("ESP8266 Demo");
//test if the module is ready
Serial.println("AT+RST");
delay(1000);
if(Serial.find("ready"))
{
dbgSerial.println("Module is ready");
}
else
{
dbgSerial.println("Module have no response.");
while(1);
}
delay(1000);
//connect to the wifi
boolean connected=false;
for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
if(connectWiFi())
{
connected = true;
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}
}
if (!connected){while(1);}
delay(5000);
//print the ip addr
/*Serial.println("AT+CIFSR");
dbgSerial.println("ip address:");
while (Serial.available())
dbgSerial.write(Serial.read());*/
//set the single connection mode
Serial.println("AT+CIPMUX=0");
}
void loop()
{
String cmd = "AT+CIPSTART=\"TCP\",\"";
cmd += DST_IP;
cmd += "\",80";
Serial.println(cmd);
dbgSerial.println(cmd);
if(Serial.find("Error")) return;
cmd = "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";
Serial.print("AT+CIPSEND=");
Serial.println(cmd.length());
if(Serial.find(">"))
{
dbgSerial.print(">");
}else
{
Serial.println("AT+CIPCLOSE");
dbgSerial.println("connect timeout");
delay(1000);
return;
}
Serial.print(cmd);
delay(2000);
//Serial.find("+IPD");
while (Serial.available())
{
char c = Serial.read();
dbgSerial.write(c);
if(c=='\r') dbgSerial.print('\n');
}
dbgSerial.println("====");
delay(1000);
}
boolean connectWiFi()
{
Serial.println("AT+CWMODE=1");
String cmd="AT+CWJAP=\"";
cmd+=SSID;
cmd+="\",\"";
cmd+=PASS;
cmd+="\"";
dbgSerial.println(cmd);
Serial.println(cmd);
delay(2000);
if(Serial.find("OK"))
{
dbgSerial.println("OK, Connected to WiFi.");
return true;
}else
{
dbgSerial.println("Can not connect to the WiFi.");
return false;
}
}

Step 3: Open Serial Monitor and press the reset button of seeeduino board, youll see the
output.
At last, Happy Hakcing! :)
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Related Projects
Recipe Community (http://www.seeedstudio.com/recipe/) is an awesome place where
makers share their amazing works here. Our makers have made a lot of awesome projects
with esp8266, check this out!

WiFi Scanner -Know the WiFi Signal around you

Build your own Wifi Scanner with few simple steps, all you need to do is prepare:
A NodeMcu Dev. Board
An I2C OLED.
Some cables
And most importantly, a HOT HEART ON ESP8266
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Primary IoT Make

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A NodeMcu Dev. Board
Grove - Temp&Humi Sensor
Some cables
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