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ESP8266 Robotics Projects

By : Pradeeka Seneviratne
Book Image

ESP8266 Robotics Projects

By: Pradeeka Seneviratne

Overview of this book

The ESP8266 Wi-Fi module is a self-contained SOC with an integrated TCP/IP protocol stack and can give any microcontroller access to your Wi-Fi network. It has a powerful processing and storage capability and also supports application hosting and Wi-Fi networking. This book is all about robotics projects based on the original ESP8266 microcontroller board and some variants of ESP8266 boards. It starts by showing all the necessary things that you need to build your development environment with basic hardware and software components. The book uses the original ESP8266 board and some variants such as the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 and the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 . You will learn how to use different type of chassis kits, motors, motor drivers, power supplies, distribution boards, sensors, and actuators to build robotics projects that can be controlled via Wi-Fi. In addition, you will learn how to use line sensors, the ArduiCam, Wii Remote, wheel encoders, and the Gripper kit to build more specialized robots. By the end of this book, you will have built a Wi-Fi control robot using ESP8266.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Assembling the robot


You will need the Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit assembled up to the top chassis layer, as discussed in the assembly instructions provided in Chapter 1, Getting Ready.

The following steps will guide you through assembling the other parts and wiring to build the complete robot.

  1. Take the FeatherWing Doubler (Figure 4.3). The FeatherWing Doubler PCB comes with the following things:
    • One set of Feather Stacking Headers
    • One set of Feather Female Headers

Figure 4.3: The FeatherWing Doubler PCB. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries—https://www.adafruit.com

  1. Solder the Feather Female Headers to the FeatherWing Doubler PCB. Figure 4.4 shows the FeatherWing Doubler PCB with soldered Feather Female Headers:

Figure 4.4: The FeatherWing Doubler PCB with soldered Feather Female Headers. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries—https://www.adafruit.com

  1. The FeatherWing Doubler stacks and internally connects the two Feather boards horizontally. This is same as stacking one Feather board on...