Getting started with ESP8266 and IOT-Dojo

A series of exercises for a 90-120 minutes Dojo aimed at introducing programmers to the IOT and Micro-controller world.

For a prgrammer to learn how to use the ESP8266 with ArduinoIDE, the follwoing skills are necessary:

1. Setup ArduinoIDE ,ESP8266 repository and Serial drivers.

• install ArduinoIDE

2. Understand program upload cylce.

• Boards.
• Serial Ports and USB2 Serial.
• 3.3V , 5V.

3. Understanding the ESP8266 GPIO pins and Features.

• The Blink

4. How to import and use libraries.
5. Board Features:

• use the Buttons and Interrupts
• use the OLED display

6. ESP8266 as Client

• ESP8266 NTP clock
• ESP8266 consume and parse a JSON web service opendata.ch SwissWeather
• Make your Wifi credentials configurable.

7. ESP8266 with the cloud:

• Use Blynk to remote control a led
• Telegram Bot control a led