Feather Huzzah ESP8266

Buy

• https://www.adafruit.com/product/3213 (w/ stacking headers, ~20$)

Code

Arduino

Setup (step-by-step)

• https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-huzzah-esp8266/using-arduino-ide

Setup (for experts)

• USB Driver for macOS, Windows: http://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers
• On macOS, after install, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Allow ...
• On macOS 10.12.6 Sierra or higher, if above does not work, try this USB driver legacy version: http://community.silabs.com/t5/Interface-Knowledge-Base/Legacy-OS-Software-and-Driver-Packages/ta-p/182585
• Preferences > Additional Boards Manager URL: http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
• Tools > Board > Boards Manager... > esp8266 by ESP8266 Community > (v2.4.2) > Install
• Tools > Board > Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266
• Tools > Board > Flash Size > 4M (3M SPIFFS)
• Tools > Board > CPU frequency > 80 MHz
• Tools > Board > Upload Speed > 115200
• Tools > Port > ...

Language

• https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/

Troubleshooting

• If Tools > Port is disabled, consider replacing the USB cable

Pinout

Note: the Particle Grove adapter needs a fix to work with the ESP8266.

Note: use Grove adapter ports D3 (via A4) and D5 (via A2) as described here, instead of D2, D4.

• https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-huzzah-esp8266/pinouts/ (.pdf)

Resources

• https://www.esp8266.com/
• https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-huzzah-esp8266
• https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-huzzah-esp8266/faq
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7_D0o48KbfhpEohoP7YSQ by @spiessa
• https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather/feather-specification
• https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Feather-ESP8266-HUZZAH-PCB (PCB design files)
• https://github.com/adafruit/Fritzing-Library/ (for documentation of breadboard projects)