A few weeks ago we caught wind of a very cool new chip. It’s called the ESP8266, and it’s a WiFi module that allows you to connect just about any project to an 802.11 b/g/n network. It … ...

Programming the ESP8266 is a little difficult to get off the ground with, but once you do, things are very easy. There are a few options for building the toolchain on Linux and OSX, plus some ...