This is a beginners guide that documents the steps to getting started with the ESP boards. Please feel free to recommend edits and changes through pull requests
The prominent ESP chipsets are:
- ESP8266 - supports only WiFi
- ESP32 - supports WiFi and Bluetooh
There are many varients that of these boards made by several manufacturers. This guide works on generic boards available on Amazon / Ebay.
There are several platforms that can be used to program the ESP boards:
- Micropython
- NodeMCU
- Arduino
This guide focuses on Micropython as the platform.