I brought a ESP8266 module from eBay. The whole purpose was to do some experiments with it and understand how to use it in my micro-controller projects. I was not interested in XBee products since those were much more expensive than ESP8266.
Initially I started with issuing AT commands from my laptop to the WiFi module. To do this I brought a USB to TTL serial adapter.
Pairing ESP8266 and the USB-TTL adapter wasn't very simple , due to two reasons
- ESP8266 may draw around 300mA in high power modes, but the adapter was capable of providing max of 150mA 3.3V.
- WiFi module and serial adapter are working on different Logic levels (ESP8266 - 3.3V and USB-TTL - 5.0V )
In order to solve these issue I used a 3.3V regulator to provide 3.3V and enough current and few resistors to reduce the logic level or USB-TTL adapter. Below diagram show my configuration.
I chose arduino serial monitor to interact with the module with below configuration.
Line mode = NL & CR Baud Rate = 9600
AT Commands can be found on below documentations
http://woodsgood.ca/projects/wp-content/uploads/ESP8266ATCommandsSet.pdf
http://rancidbacon.com/files/kiwicon8/ESP8266_WiFi_Module_Quick_Start_Guide_v_1.0.4.pdf
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