ESP8266 WiFi Access Point Examples with the Arduino IDE

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[hiimmike_r]

even now this video has been the most useful one to help with my little esp8266 AP project thanks a bunch man.

[KrisKasprzak]

If I could I would give you 4321 thumbs up. You are the one and only that have code and tutorial on how to create a web server access point that multiple devices can connect to. I used yourLightLevelESPv1 example using and ESP8266 and i have a web server running (not required to be connected to my home network) that is serving web pages to 3 different devices.


Well done on this!

[kychemclass]

Love the 48K in the top right corner :D It had a great influence on my life.

[donfoumare]

7:47 I know it's kind of off-topic but is there any reason why the head tag is inside the body tag?? does this even work correctly in terms of any/all browser recognizing it correctly? i vaguely remember of a scenario where (i think) the script tag was treated differently depending on it's position inside the dom.

[markbartalos]

Awesome video such a great work I didnt expected tha someone will put like a full webpage as a string on an arduino, i had patience to just do it with manual refeesh with a styled button :D Keep up the good work, God Bless.

[elaselas]

Thanks for sharing! Web sockets and JSON also work very well.

An example for input and output would be super.

[plouf]

I like your little HTML conversion tool idea.. I personally use multi-line strings, like this

String text = "First line\
Second line\
Third line";

which works fine, but the idea of being able to insert variables using @ is neat, at the moment I am doing it in a clumsy way.

[pepper]

Thanks for sharing! Web sockets and JSON also work very well.

[girishpanchal]

Hi, thanks for this example. At my end Page is refreshing and access point connection is getting lost. I need to select access point again, but after refreshing the page again it is disconnecting. pls suggest.

[gamdslngr]

Great video!! Is it possible to have the 8266 serve up a page with say 12 buttons. Each button once touched would activate a command in the Arduino? I have a sketch that is running a stepper motor. I can use a key pad to enter in a number and the motor will rotate to that spot. I would like to have say 12 buttons with "pre-defined" numbers send to the Arduino thus causing the motor to go to that spot. Any help you could offer would be appreciated Thank you in advance.

[alanesq]

excellent video - thanks
The java solution is a bit too complex for my brain but a compromise I have used is to get the esp to serve a separate page which displays just the info. I want to update (with it's page refresh set to every few seconds), I then insert this in to the main html page as an iframe. This way the information auto updates without the problems with the whole page keep updating.

[powermate]

Thank you. I have built a water flow meter for my caravan. Working well.

[Hollendaryy]

I am trying to get my nodemcu to work but nothing seems to happen. What does your output look like when you upload?

[winandd]

I'm working on a new pc now, i can't seem to find the arduino library i need!
when i search for 'esp8266wifi' in the library manager, nothing obvious jumps out.. (search results start with 'IoTtweet' and 'IoTtweetESP32')
Also searching for 'NodeMCU' doesn't help me..
Which name is the correct library?
Also tried to install ESP8266 or NodeMCU from within the boards manager, but no search results..
[EDIT]
Solved!
After that i could select board Wemos D1 mini and my code compiles ok now !

[raybright]

After initially downloading the code have you tried changing the 'ssid' it does not want to change and is locked into what was originally downloaded.
Found this with my ESP8266-12E pressing reset, powering down etc does not seem to work.
I've found this before with similar AP programs.... HELP

[dhabyahalmansouri]

hi david, I have a question regarding the wifi sending method, where I want to send data using wifi to another pc, I am using Arduino

[chakree]

can we give "ssid" and "password" to esp8266 using a webpage. After rebooting the device it should automatically connect to that particular Access point with the credentials we have given before when esp8266 is on AP mode.

[masonholloway]

Hi, how do I add a variable sent from the loop function that will update automatically, at the moment I have to refresh the page to get the value to update.

[zeffofx]

I want to make a robot controlled by this direct access point man. But I can't do the html buttons that when pressed the robot moves and when let go the robot stops. Could you help me some tips or things that I should look up to help me make my html page? I have zero knowledge on making html with Java.

[MPElectronique]

Amazing tool David! You are the best.
The only thing, it would be so great if you add a button clear both fields..

:)

Thanks.
Marc.