just wondering if anyone has tried the $4 ESP8266 serial wifi module with AT commands

[waltermixxx]

hi there, i was wondering if anyone has tried these new little wifi devices with an amiga. The ESP8266 is a serial AT command based wifi device.

here is a brief tutorial on it...

https://www.zybuluo.com/kfihihc/note/31135

basically you connect it to the serial port (with the appropriate level conversion, this is a 3.3 volt device) and send it at command. The default baud rate is 115200 but with an easily upgraded firmware, it can be made to be programable.

the one's i purchased were from ebay:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/5PCS-ESP8266-...item3397c221bb


I should get them mid April. So I guess i have time to do some reading... I have a high speed serial card in my Amiga 2000, and would like to get my A500 on my network as well, i figured this might be a good way...

I also looked at Plipbox Parallel Port Arduino Ethernet adapter, but was hoping to go wifi and perhaps marry the two projects... just not sure i have the skill

at any rate I was hoping either spark some interest in this, or perhaps get some assistance once the device arrives... I suspect it's similar to the rn-vx serial wifi module but much cheaper.

food for thought

[nogginthenog]

Interesting! Keep us informed if you have any luck.

[IanP]

Very interesting. With a little adapter board to sit between the Paula chip and it's socket providing the 3v3 supply and level translation this might make a good option for an A500 WiFi solution. I wonder what the max baud rate Paula is capable of?

[pandy71]

Originally Posted by IanP

I wonder what the max baud rate Paula is capable of?

1.5Mbps approx in theory... http://amiga-dev.wikidot.com/hardware:serper but better use Paula floppy port as it use DMA.
Side to this MC1488/MC1489 voltage translators are usually big limitation (designed in times where 19.2kbps was considered as amazingly fast bitrate) - probably capable only to do 50kbps in reliable way - modern, significantly faster voltage translators are required for anything more serious.
Btw - i saw those WLAN modules some time ago but from Amiga perspective also Bluetooth is sufficient (also AT command set and it looks from PC as regular UART), WLAN have only this advantage that Amiga can be hooked independently to AP.

[Vot]

Did you read this the other day like i did?

http://hackaday.com/2015/03/18/how-t...6-wifi-module/