When we first heard about it a few weeks ago, we knew the ESP8266 UART to WiFi module was a special beast. It was cheap, gave every microcontroller the ability to connect to a WiFi network, and could ...

The Communication setup is a Master-Slave configuration where one module is a Server and the other is a Client. The Server Module generates a WiFi hotspot and allows clients to connect to it. The ...

Few devices have hit the hacker/maker word with quite as large a bang as the ESP8266. [Brian] first reported a new $5 WiFi module back in August. Since then there have been an explosion of awesome ...

The ESP8266 WiFi Module is a self contained SOC with integrated TCP/IP protocol stack that can give any microcontroller access to your WiFi network. Each ESP8266 module comes pre-programmed with an AT ...

Most people call ESP8266 as a WIFI module, but it is actually a microcontroller. ESP8266 is the name of the microcontroller developed by Espressif Systems which is a company based out of shanghai.

Abstract: Security of IoT micro-controllers is a crucial topic, due to the reduced capabilities that characterize such devices. In this paper, we analyze the ESP8266 module to identify its weaknesses, ...

When I think about geolocation in I normally think about global navigation satellite systems such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, or Beidou, as well as IP geolocation, but the latter is highly inaccurate, ...