ESP8266 driver using the NodeMCU interface

Dependencies:   BufferedSerial

Dependents:   esp8266_nodeMCU1 esp8266_2_thingspeak1 Solarator_0-0-2 IoTBurglar_and_Fire_AlarmSystem ... more

Fork of ESP8266Interface by ESP8266

This is an alternative implementation of the ESP8266 driver that uses the NodeMCU firmware. The NodeMCU firmware provides a slightly larger feature set than the default firmware through a Lua interpreter.

Note

This library is currently in Alpha. It is not feature complete and has some bugs, proceed with caution. Fixes and patches are welcome!

Interface changes

  • SSID and passphrase moved out of ESP8266Interface constructor and to ESP8266Interface::connect
  • ESP8266Interface constructor provides optional timeout parameter to specify how long to wait for network operations

Note

NodeMCU defaults to a baud rate of 9600 instead of 115200 used by the default firmware.

Firmware

To install the NodeMCU firmware, follow the instructions on the Firmware Update wiki page using the nodemcu_integer_0.9.6-dev_20150406.bin binary at address 0x00000 instead of boot_v1.1.bin and user1.bin.

Since the NodeMCU firmware defaults to a baud rate of 9600, the Serial Passthrough program can be used to get direct access to the Lua interpreter running on the ESP8266.

Status

Working features:

  • TCP Client
  • UDP Client Transmit (Currently only UDP Server can recieve messages)
  • Single Connection at a time
  • Station Mode (Connects to AP)
  • DNS Lookups

To be implemented:

  • TCP Server
  • UDP Server
  • UDP Client recieve
  • Multiple Connections tracked through Lua variables
  • AP Mode (Act as access point)
  • IPV6 support (Existing issue with NodeMCU)
Revision:
13:41098c907200
Parent:
12:c5f0eac67a8a
Child:
14:4d1128f72e00
--- a/WiflyInterface.h	Wed Oct 08 19:57:58 2014 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/* WiflyInterface.h */
-/* Copyright (C) 2012 mbed.org, MIT License
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
- * and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
- * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
- * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
- * substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
- * BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
- * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
- * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
- 
-#ifndef WIFLYINTERFACE_H_
-#define WIFLYINTERFACE_H_
-
-#include "Wifly.h"
-
- /**
- * Interface using Wifly to connect to an IP-based network
- */
-class WiflyInterface: public Wifly {
-public:
-
-    /**
-    * Constructor
-    *
-    * \param tx mbed pin to use for tx line of Serial interface
-    * \param rx mbed pin to use for rx line of Serial interface
-    * \param reset reset pin of the wifi module ()
-    * \param tcp_status connection status pin of the wifi module (GPIO 6)
-    * \param ssid ssid of the network
-    * \param phrase WEP or WPA key
-    * \param sec Security type (NONE, WEP_128 or WPA)
-    */
-  WiflyInterface(PinName tx, PinName rx, PinName reset, PinName tcp_status, const char * ssid, const char * phrase, Security sec = NONE);
-
-  /** Initialize the interface with DHCP.
-  * Initialize the interface and configure it to use DHCP (no connection at this point).
-  * \return 0 on success, a negative number on failure
-  */
-  int init(); //With DHCP
-
-  /** Initialize the interface with a static IP address.
-  * Initialize the interface and configure it with the following static configuration (no connection at this point).
-  * \param ip the IP address to use
-  * \param mask the IP address mask
-  * \param gateway the gateway to use
-  * \return 0 on success, a negative number on failure
-  */
-  int init(const char* ip, const char* mask, const char* gateway);
-
-  /** Connect
-  * Bring the interface up, start DHCP if needed.
-  * \return 0 on success, a negative number on failure
-  */
-  int connect();
-  
-  /** Disconnect
-  * Bring the interface down
-  * \return 0 on success, a negative number on failure
-  */
-  int disconnect();
-  
-  /** Get IP address
-  *
-  * \return ip address
-  */
-  char* getIPAddress();
-  
-private:
-    char ip_string[20];
-    bool ip_set;
-};
-
-#include "TCPSocketConnection.h"
-#include "TCPSocketServer.h"
-#include "UDPSocket.h"
-
-#endif /* WIFLYINTERFACE_H_ */