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IwanttoprovideabetterdocumentationforhowyoucanuseESP201(avariant
ofESP8266)asstandaloneboardandhowtohookuptheGPIOinorderto (/id/ProgrammingESP8266ESP201
programitwiththeArduinoIDE. standalonewithArdui/)

IwasstrugglingonhowtogetthesketchfromArduinoIDEdownloadedintothe
ESP8266soIwantedtosharewhatIfoundiftherearefolksouttherethatuse
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ESP201asstandaloneESP8266withArduinoIDE.
InthisexampleIamusingESP201IboughtfromEbay.ItistheAithinker
versionbutIdon'tthinkitmatters. controlledplantwateringsystemand
custo/)
TheotherprogramIuseistheBLYNKprogram.
http://docs.blynk.cc/#downloadsblynkappsforiosorandroid

http://docs.blynk.cc/#downloadsblynklibrary(http://docs.blynk.cc/#downloads Related
blynklibrary)
ESP8266ESP
IwillletyoureadabitmoreaboutBLYNKfromtheirwebsite. 12(Standalone)+Blynk101
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IamusingArduinoIDE1.6.4. 12StandaloneBlynk101/)
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ESP826612blynkwireless
Step1:SetupYourArduinoIDE temperatureLM35sensor
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wirelesstemperatureLM35
Iamusingversion1.6.4, (/id/ESP8266 sensor/)
ESP826612standaloneblynk
YouneedtogotothePreferenceandaddthefollowingtotheURLsforBoards controloutletswireless433
Manager mhz(/id/ESP826612
standaloneblynkcontrol
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266c... (/id/ESP8266 outletswirele/)
ESP826612blynkwireless
(http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json)inorder
temperature,humidityDHT
toaddtheESP8266board. 11sensor(/id/ESP826612
blynkwirelesstemperaturee
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wirelesssimplevirtualled/)
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SelecttheGenericESP8266board.(ThisistheoneIamusing,butperhapsif
youusetheotherESP8266firmwareyoushouldtrytheotherone).Ididn'tput
anynewfirmwareinmine.IjustuseitasitcamefromEbay.

Therestsofthesetupundertheboardareleftasdefault.Idon'tthinkthey
mattermuch,atleastinmycaseIdidn'thavetochangeanything.

Step3:HookUpYourESP8266.

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Okaynowitistimetogetyourbreadboardready.Youneedtohave3.3Vsupply
availableandalsoaseparate5Vsupply.YourFT232RLbreakoutboardmay
havea5Vsourceyoucanuse.IuseFT232RLfromSparkfun.

Youwillalsoneedtogetyourlevelconverter,Iusethebidirectionalversionfrom
Adafruit.

Okay,nowfortheESP12connection
1.Connect3.3Vsourcetothefollowingpins:3.3V,CHP_Enable

2.ConnectGndsourcetothefollowingpins:Gnd,GPIO00,GPIO15.

3.ConnectTXtotheRXviathebidirectionallogiclevelconverterboard.ESP
201TXshouldgotothe3.3Vside.

4.ConnectRXtotheTXviathebidirectionallogiclevelconverterboard.ESP
201RXshouldgotothe3.3Vside.

5.Don'tforgettoconnectthe3.3VsourcetopowertheLVsideofthe
bidirectionallogiclevelconverter.

6.Lastlyconnectthegroundfromyour3.3Vsupplytothegroundonthe
bidirectionallogiclevelconverter.

ThenfromyourFT232RL,usethe5VsourceontheboardtopowertheHVside
ofthebidirectionallogiclevelconverterboard,andtakethecorrespondinghigh
sideoftheESP201TXtotheRXanddothesamefortheESP201RXintothe
TXoftheFT232RL.Andofcourse,don'tforgetthegroundfromFT232RLbreak
outboardtothelogiclevelconverterboard.

YoushouldgototheBLYNKwebsiteanddownloadtheirArduinoLibrarythen
loadtheirESP8266standaloneexample.Fillouttheauthtokenandyourwifiid
andpassword.YouwillgettheauthtokenbymakingapageonyourBLYNK
 App.Letusjustputasimplepushbutton,withtheoutputsettoGP14(referto
GPIO14inESP201).

Youdon'thavetowriteanycodetoprogramapushbuttonintheArduinosketch
forthisfirsteasyexample.
OkayBEFOREYouHITDOWNLOAD....dothis

1.Powerdownthe3.3Vsourceandturnitbackon,andconnecttheRSTpinof
theESP201tothegroundsourcemomentarily(ie.pulse).ThisIthinkputthe
ESP12intobootmode.

2.ThenHITtheCOMPILEandDOWNLOAD.

Ifyoukeepgettingthemessagesayingespsyncnotresponding,likethis

warning:espcomm_syncfailederror:espcomm_openfailed
itmeansyoudidnotgettheESP8266intobootmodeandrecheckyourGPIO
andthewiringsetupandmakesureyouseemynoteonCyclingthepower,and
hittingtheRSTpinmomentarily.Thisisthemissingpartfromalotoftheother
instructions.

Anyway,ifeverythinggoeswell,youshouldseethenotesayinguploading
bla...bla...bla....andabunchofdots.....andfinallyitwillsayDoneUploading.

Step4:BlynkApp/pageSetup

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Well,IwasgoingtowriteabitmoredetailhereonhowtodesigntheBlynkPage
forgoingabitfurtherthanjustapushbuttonbutmaybeI'llwaituntilIwritethe
nextstepandsee.

SotheBlynkpagesetupherestartedwithasimplepushbuttonthatturnon/off
anLED.

ThenItrytoshowhowyoucanreadDHT11andTMP36dataanddisplayiton
theBLYNKpage.

IalsousedtheGauge,ValuesandGraphwidget.Theyarereallynice.

IalsoautomaticallytoggleanLEDWidgetontheBlynkPagetoturnonandoff
every2second.
ThereisalsoanLCDthatyoucandisplayprettymuchanythingbutIjustwrite
somesimpleifandthenfunctiontodisplaypresettextbasedonthe
temperature.

Step5:RunningtheSketchintheESP8266ESP201
Onceyoufinishuploadingthesketch,youshouldbeabletogotoyour
tablet/phonewhereyouhaveyourBLYNKpage/controllersetupandhittheLED
buttonandturnontheLED.

IfoundthatonceyoudownloadtheIDE,thesketchwillrunandyoucanuse
serialmonitortocheckifyouareconnectingtotheBlynkserver.

However,ifyouturnoffthepowerandturnitbackon,itwon'tconnecttoyour
wifiasifyoursketchisnotrunning.

Soyouneedtodothese.

1.MakesurethatGPIO00isnolongerconnectedtoground.

2.KeepGPIO15connectedtoground.
3.CyclethepoweragainontheESP201andwatchyourserialmonitor.It
shouldindicateyouareconnectingtoyourwifiSSID.Thenyoushouldconnect
rightawaytoyourwifiandeventuallytotheBLYNKserver.

Step6:GoingFurther
SoletstryaddingafewfunctionstolearnhowtheGPIOnumbersrelatesor
usedbytheBLYNKlibrary.

SimpleGPIOon/offcontroller

AsfarasIcantelltheGPIOprintedontheESP201areexactlytheBLYNK
modulesuses.SoforexampleifyouareprogrammingorcreatingaBLYNK
MODULEwithapushbuttoncontrolledbyGPIO14,thisisreferredtoIO14in
theESP201.YoucanthenwireanLEDorrelaycontrolonthepin.

SimpleDigitaldatareadfromsensor

Letstakeanotherexample,letssayyouaregoingtowireinaDHT11sensor
intoGPIO04/IO04.Youwillreferthisaspin#4inyoursketch/program.Alittle
noteonusingtheDHT11,IamusingDHT.hlibraryfromAdafruit.Ifyoulookat
theirwonderfulwebsite,theyindicatetopassathirdparameterwhenusing
DHTxxtypesensorwithESP8266becauseitisafasterCPU.Sodon'tforget
that.(forexampleDHTdht(DHTPIN,DHTTYPE,11))
Thenumber11Idon'tthinkrelatetothetypeofDHTbutnottoosuresoifyou
useDHT22,youcanstillusethenumber11.

SimpleAnalogRead

HowaboutTMP36,wellthisisabittrickybutifyousearchtheinternet,youwill
findlotsofpeoplealreadytrythis.TheimportantpartistheADC(Analogto
Digitalinput)isreferredtoasPin17.Itisalways17ifyouareusingESP8266.
ThisiscodedinoneofthelibraryfileforESP8266.Idon'trememberwhichone.

Andtheotherthingtorememberisthereferencevoltageisaround1.10Volt.
AndthereisamaximumvoltagelimittothisADCpin.Sodon'tjustlet3.3Vgo
allthewayin.Useavoltagedividerandadjustyourconversationtableor
formulainyourcodeaccordinglywiththisvoltagedivider.Inmysketchexample,
IuseequalvalueofR1andR2sothemathissimple(afactorof2).

SimpleTimer
 IthinkanotherimportantonehereisusageofBLYNKSimpleTimerlibrary.They
recommendusingthisasawaytodootherfunctionsothereisnousageof
"delay()"functioninsidetheloop()asthiscandisconnectyourconnection.Itis
prettyeasytouse,essentiallyjustdefinetheperiodoftimeyouwantthe
functiontobedonelikereadsensorortoggleled,etc.inyoursetup().Thenyou
writethereadsensorfunctionasanothercallfunctionoutsidetheloop.

TherearemoreinformationontheBLYNKwebsite.

Hopefullythishelpsyouout.

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D6equj5(/member/D6equj5) 11daysago Reply

Hi,

arewesupposedtodoanythingwiththeCHP_EN/CHP_EKpin?
Also,whenyousayconnectGPIO0togrounddoyoumeanD0orthepin
marked100?

Manythanks

D6

D6equj5(/member/D6equj5) 4monthsago Reply

Hi,

thanksforyourinstructablemostuseful.

However,whatdoyoumeanby:
3.ConnectTXtotheRXviathebidirectionallogiclevelconverterboard.ESP
201TXshouldgotothe3.3Vside.?
4.ConnectRXtotheTXviathebidirectionallogiclevelconverterboard.ESP
201RXshouldgotothe3.3Vside.?

Whatside?Thesideofwhat?

Thanks
D6

X nataku(/member/nataku)(author) . D6equj5(/member/D6equj5) Reply

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3monthsago
HiD6,thesoderefertotheterminalsorpinsdedicatedfor
3.3vlogiclevel.Whenyoulookatalogiclevelconverterboardyouwillget
onesetofterminalsforall5vandtheoppositewillbeterminalsfor3.3v.
TheESPTXandRXshouldgotothe3.3vlogicterminalsnotthe5.5v
terminals.

D6equj5(/member/D6equj5) . nataku(/member/nataku) 3monthsago Reply

Ah.....asclearasmud,thankyou.

CountMerlock(/member/CountMerlock)madeit! ayearago Reply

Hellosir

Ionlysigneduptosay,youarealifesaver.itgotmegoing.
justanoteforeveryone.youneedtoconnectRSTandDISconnectitwhile
uploading
 that'llgetitinFlashmode.

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ideal_izzet(/member/ideal_izzet) ayearago Reply

icantseeimagethat

underHookupyourESP8266(fritzingimage)
ihaveaproblemwithvoltagedivider

X AkinYildiz(/member/AkinYildiz) 2yearsago Reply

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