Justin Richards schreef op 13-May-15 om 2:35 PM:
> Wouter,
>
> Nice and concise.  Thanks.
>
> I have just received  2 x ESP12 and I have been struggling determine
> exactly what it is.

Try to get one the breakout PCB, it will make your life much easier.

>
> I am curious why you say the ESP8266 it is not a micro-controller.

It is not designed to permanently store its application on the ESP8266=20
chip: it uses an external flash chip for that. So it needs another chip=20
to be a fully function (standalone) computer.

Note that the chip does contain quite some code, but this is a=20
bootloader an a basic library (comparable to the BIOS of a PC).

> I had
> hoped to load mine with the LUA firmware combined with some LUA script to
> be able to status and control 2 or more pins remotely.

Don't worrry: you will be using an ESF8266 *module*, which has the=20
ESP8266 chip combined with (al least) that external flash chip.

Wouter
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