All posts by Manoj R. Thakur

About Manoj R. Thakur

In 2014 I started contributing to Open Source electronics, and life has just gotten better from there. Founder of Maven Technologies.

ESP32 LED Blink Example

ESP32 is a new IoT device comes with Dual core CPU, WiFi, Bluetooth, In this tutorial we start with ESP32 Simple LED Blink Example. For software setup with arduino IDE read this.

ESP32 DevKit V1 comes with on board red LED which is connected to GPIO2 same as ESP8266 blink example.

Steps to Make LED Blink

Step 1: Connect Board to Laptop

ESP32 LED Blink Example

Step 2: ESP32 LED Blink Example Code

Upload this program to ESP32. Select boar ESP32 DEV Module from Tools >> Boards menu, then select appropriate com port. Upload the below program.

/*
 * https://circuits4you.com
 * ESP32 LED Blink Example
 * Board ESP23 DEVKIT V1
 * 
 * ON Board LED GPIO 2
 */

#define LED 2

void setup() {
  // Set pin mode
  pinMode(LED,OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  delay(500);
  digitalWrite(LED,HIGH);
  delay(500);
  digitalWrite(LED,LOW);
}

Step 3: Testing

After uploading program you will find on board RED LED will start Blinking.

 

Installing ESP32 Board in Arduino IDE on Ubuntu Linux

In this tutorial we are installing ESP32 board in Arduino IDE. Its not same as installing ESP8266. ESP32 is dual core CPU in arduino IDE it will not support all the functions but its enough to make many projects.

ESP32 is highly-integrated with in-built antenna switches, RF balun, power amplifier, low-noise receive amplifier, filters, and power management modules. ESP32 adds priceless functionality and versatility to your applications with minimal Printed Circuit Board (PCB) requirements. ESP32 can interface with other systems to provide Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality through its SPI / SDIO or I2C / UART interfaces. Continue reading Installing ESP32 Board in Arduino IDE on Ubuntu Linux

Upload image (PNG, JPEG) to ESP8266 Web Page and Display it

ESP8266 NodeMCU can be used as Web server with html webpage. Many times you may want to add images in web page. This can be achieved with help of SPIFFS (SPI Flash File System) or use of dataURL for small size images. Lets see step by step to upload image in web page.

There are two ways to display image in web page.

Continue reading Upload image (PNG, JPEG) to ESP8266 Web Page and Display it

Example of ESP8266 Flash File System (SPIFFS)

This tutorial explains in depth ESP8266 Flash File System Called as (SPIFFS). There are two ways to store data on ESP8266 one is using internal EEPROM which is of 512 Bytes but you can write data 1 millions of times (no file system). and Second is use of SPI Flash (64kBytes to 3Mbyte), when you see ESP-01 a small 8-Pin Chip is present near to the ESP8266 which is FLASH memory connected to ESP through SPI. In this flash memory ESP stores the program. Along with program you can store your files on it. Limitation of this memory is it has only 10000 (ten thousand) write cycles.

Even though file system is stored on the same flash chip as the program, programming new sketch will not modify file system contents. This allows to use file system to store sketch data, configuration files, or content for Web server. Continue reading Example of ESP8266 Flash File System (SPIFFS)