Getting Started With Arduino Cloud IoT and NodeMCU ESP8266 WIFI Module for Beginners

We are getting started with Arduino Cloud IoT on the Arduino Website. We'll be using the NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi module. This video is for beginners or first timers making their first connection to the Arduino cloud. We will see how to link our ESP8266 board (this also works for ESP32) and send data to the cloud allowing us to turn the LED on and off. See how to create variables and set up widgets on your virtual desktop. Thank you for watching!

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****You can remove this board from the computer connection and connect wirelessly using a 5v supply to power the board. Connect the positive lead of your 5v battery pack to the VIN pin and the neg. lead to the ground pin of your wifi board.

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***see our other ESP8266 videos here

Chapter:
0:00 intro
0:20 what you need
0:33 intro to Arduino cloud IoT
0:50 make Arduino cloud IoT account
1:36 Arduino cloud pricing
2:24 download Arduino create agent
2:47 get started setting up your cloud device
4:02 create a THING
5:16 prepare and install the sketch
6:12 create widgets in the cloud dashboard
6:41 ESP8266 breadboard connections
7:04 install sketch and run

[matteocassino]

Thx a lot! I have finally got my NodeMCU up and running in the Arduino cloud. 🙂

[JOHNSMITH-ugmt]

At 5:40...What did you do? It looks like you deleted the first sketch, then added another one. How did you include the other sketch?

[meloncage]

Have you considered using requests to display weather in a certain location on the 16x2 lcd?