WifInfo
ESP8266 board designed for smart metering and low-power data logging - ideal for remote IoT monitoring.
ESP8266
MCU
160MHz
clock
4MB
flash
~80KB
SRAM
17· 1 ADC
GPIO
Wi-Fi
radio
Pinout
Getting started
flash your first firmware in ~2 minutes1
Connect over USB
Install your USB-serial driver (CH340 / CP210x) if no port appears. Not detected? Hold BOOT while plugging in.
2
Match & flash
Set the Tools options shown, then click Upload.
3
Verify it runs
The onboard LED on GPIO2 blinks - swap the pin if your board's LED differs.
Set these in Tools · leave everything else at default
Arduino IDE 2.x — Tools Copy
Board: "Generic ESP8266 Module"▸
Flash Size: "4MB (32Mb)"▸
CPU Frequency: "160 MHz"▸
Upload Speed: "921600"▸
▸ every other Tools option — leave at default
Board: Generic ESP8266 Module Flash Size: 4MB (32Mb) CPU Frequency: 160 MHz Upload Speed: 921600
Find it: Tools ▸ Board ▸ ESP8266 Boards ▸ Generic ESP8266 Module
// blink the onboard LED
void setup() {
pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
digitalWrite(2, HIGH); delay(500);
digitalWrite(2, LOW); delay(500);
}Specifications
ESP8266Compute
MCU
ESP8266
Clock
160 MHz
SRAM · Flash
~80 KB · 4 MB
Radio
Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
-
Antenna
PCB
I/O
GPIO · ADC
17 · 1
UART · I²C · SPI
2 · 1 · 2
PWM
-
Power
USB
-
Serial
-
Boot address
0x0000
Flashing
Upload · OTA
esptool · esp_ota
Flash · Boot mode
QIO · -
Sketch · Data
- · 80 KB
The WifInfo uses esptool for firmware uploads, esp_ota for over-the-air (OTA) updates. Flash mode is QIO.
About this board
The board is built around the Espressif ESP8266 paired with 4 MB of flash: a single-core Xtensa L106 (up to 160 MHz, ~80 KB RAM) with 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi on the die.
It programs with the Arduino core for ESP8266, MicroPython, or Espressif's NONOS/RTOS SDK, and flashes over serial with esptool (the Arduino core also supports OTA updates) - the same well-trodden toolchain shared across the ESP8266 family, which keeps libraries and example code plentiful.
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