Connecting ESP8266-01 to Arduino UNO/ MEGA

and BLYNK
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This is a tutorial to show you how to flash a firmware to ESP8266-01

and connect to Blynk using an ESP8266 - 01 as an Arduino wifi shield.

Hardware needed:

*Arduino Uno/Mega

*Jumper wires

*USB A to USB B cable

*ESP8266-01

Software needed:

For easy access, move or download the following software to the

desktop of your Linux. It can be moved later.

*Linux or Mac for flashing firmware.

*Arduino IDE link: https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software

*Most recent BLYNK library link: https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-

library

*Blynk_v0.3.4.zip https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/releases

*pySerial link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyserial/files/p...

*ESP8266 blynk
library: https://github.com/vshymanskyy/ITEADLIB_Arduino_W...

*esptool link: https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool

*Sdk1.0.0 v0.22 ESP8266 firmware link:

http://esp8266.ru/download/esp8266-firmware/AT22S...

*Download esp8266_flasher [For Windows]

https://github.com/Stadslab/ESP8266_example/tree/m...

*Blynk app on iphone or android.

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Step 1: Download These Files
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*Download Arduino IDE

*Download most recent Blynk library

*Download the Blynk-ESP8266 library

Click the link provided, download and install the library.

*Download pySerial

Click the link provided in the intro and click what is in the red box.
Make sure you move it to your desktop. Once it's there, double click
the "pyserial-2.7.tar.gz" file and it will create a pyserial-2.7 folder.

*Download esptool

Click the link provided in the intro and click what is in the red box.
Make sure you move it to your desktop.

*Download Sdk1.0.0 v0.22 ESP8266 firmware

This will download just by clicking the link in the intro page. Make sure
you move it to your desktop. Open the "esptool-master" folder and
move the "AT22SDK100-2015-03-20-boot12.bin" file into it. Then,
rename it to "AT22SDK10020150320boot12.bin".

*Download esp8266_flasher [For Windows]

Download esp8266_flasher.exe
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Step 2: Using Windows:
 *Connect your arduino to your computer using an USB 2.0 cable.

 *ESP8266:____________ Arduino:
 GND -------------------------- GND
 GP2 -------------------------- Not connected
 GP0 -------------------------- GND
 RXD -------------------------- RX
 TXD -------------------------- TX
 CHPD ------------------------ 3.3V
 RST -------------------------- Not connected
 VCC -------------------------- 3.3V

*Open "esp8266_flasher.exe" and click on bin.

*Select the binary file "AT22SDK100-2015-03-20-boot12.bin".

*Enter proper COM port. In this case it is COM3

*Then click on download button,

*If your connections are proper the flashing will begin after erasing
flash memory.

*After completion it shows "failed to leave flash mode this is OK.

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Step 3: Using Linux: Changing the Directory

Open your Terminal (here we are using Kali linux), then type "cd".
Next, drag the "pyserial-2.7" folder into the terminal window and hit
enter.
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Step 4: Installing PySerial

Enter this command “python setup.py install" into the terminal

(If your terminal doesn’t have root/administrator/Superuser privilege

access use "sudo python setup.py install" and enter password when
asked.)
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Step 5: Connecting Arduino and ESP8266-01

*Connect your arduino to your computer using an USB 2.0 cable.

*ESP8266:____________ Arduino:

GND -------------------------- GND

GP2 -------------------------- Not connected

GP0 -------------------------- GND

RXD -------------------------- RX

TXD -------------------------- TX

CHPD ------------------------ 3.3V

RST -------------------------- Not connected

VCC -------------------------- 3.3V

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Step 6: Flashing the Firmware to ESP8266-01
*Type "cd". Next, drag the "esptool-master" folder into the terminal
window and hit enter.

* Esptool-master should contain following files

[ AT22SDK10020150320boot12.bin, esptool.py, LICENCE,

MANIFEST.in, README.md, setup.py ]

*Enter this command

"sudo python esptool.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 write flash 0x00000

AT22SDK10020150320boot12.bin"

Note:The port address of your arduino may be different. You can use
the command “ls /dev/tty*” to list all devices.
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 Step 7: Add the Blynk Library and the Blynk-ESP8266
Library to Your Arduino IDE.

*Arduino IDE >> Sketch >> Include library >> Add .zip library.

* And install "blynk-library-master" and

"ITEADLIB_Arduino_WeeESP8266-master" libraries.

*Update the ESP8266 library from “Arduino IDE >> Sketch >> Include
library >> manage library”.
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Step 8: Uploading the Code to Arduino
 USING Arduino MEGA:

ESP8266:____________ Arduino:

GND -------------------------- GND

GP2 -------------------------- Not connected

GP0 -------------------------- Not connected

RXD -------------------------- TX
 TXD -------------------------- RX

CHPD ------------------------ 3.3V

RST -------------------------- Not connected

VCC -------------------------- 3.3V

We will be using a 1K POT connected to analog0 pin and an LED

connected to D7 of arduino mega.

*Open Your “Blynk app” from android/iPhone get the

“authentication token”.

 Open the code in “Arduino IDE >> File >>examples >> blynk >>
BoardsAndShields>> ESP8266_Shield_HardSer”
 Add your authentication token to the code
 Enter "SSID" and "PASSWORD" in respective fields.
 Upload the code to your arduino.
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Step 9: Connecting, Controlling and Monitoring Arduino
Pins Using Blynk App
In the Serial monitor you can see that the connection has been
established with blynk server.

Here’s the screenshot of the blynk app

Digital Pin 7 of Arduino mega --------->>controlled by blynk app.

Analog Pin 0 data from Pot -------- >> displayed on graph.

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 Step 10: USING ARDUINO UNO

Similarly you can also use arduino uno....

ESP8266:____________Arduino:

GND -------------------------- GND

GP2 -------------------------- Not connected

GP0 -------------------------- Not connected

RXD -------------------------- D3 (SoftwareSerial)

TXD -------------------------- D2 (SoftwareSerial)

CHPD ------------------------ 3.3V

RST -------------------------- Not connected

VCC -------------------------- 3.3V

For Arduino UNO you can use “Arduino IDE >> File >> examples >>
blynk >> BoardsAndShields>> ESP8266_Shield_SoftSer”

*The “Baud rate” of ESP8266 has to be changed to 9600 in Software

Serial.

*AT command “AT+UART_DEF=9600,8,1,0,0”.