Build Yourself – Hakko T12 Compatible Soldering Iron Station
One of the fundamental skill needed as electronics enthusiast is that of soldering. For this purpose, you need a common soldering iron that typically has a power rating of 20-30 watts or so, which is fine for most work. But…
Raspberry Pi Serial Console
Often you may need to run Raspberry Pi headless, that is without monitor and keyboard+mouse. To access this Raspberry Pi then you use SSH or similar remote access utility from your PC. The method requires that there is network connection…
CH340G USB to Serial Adapter
Historically, the most popular USB to Serial Adapter is the one that is based on either FTDI FT232 chip or Profilic PL2303 chip. Due to its popularity, as usual the market is then flooded with cheaper counterfeit chips from China….
Getting started with ESP8266
There are alternative ways to do development and load your application into the ESP8266 module. For beginner this could cause some confusions so it is must be stated that what is described here is only one of those alternatives. In…
What is ESP8266?
Early this year I read about ESP8266, a WiFi SoC (System on a Chip) that can connect to 802.11b/g/n networks on the 2.4GHz band. It can be addressed with SPI or a serial connection, and has an AT command set…