ESP8266 / ESP8266NodeMCUInterface

ESP8266 driver using the NodeMCU interface

Dependencies:   BufferedSerial

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

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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)

Diff: WiflyInterface.h

Revision:
1:fb4494783863
Parent:
0:302ec35139ec
Child:
6:5176e0864078
--- a/WiflyInterface.h	Fri Aug 24 13:29:01 2012 +0000
+++ b/WiflyInterface.h	Fri Aug 24 13:48:36 2012 +0000
@@ -20,4 +20,67 @@
 #ifndef WIFLYINTERFACE_H_
 #define WIFLYINTERFACE_H_
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#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
+  *
+  * @ returns ip address
+  */
+  char* getIPAddress();
+  
+private:
+    char ip_string[20];
+    bool ip_set;
+};
+
+#include "TCPSocketConnection.h"
+#include "TCPSocketServer.h"
+#include "UDPSocket.h"
+
+#endif /* WIFLYINTERFACE_H_ */