💬 ESP-LINK ESP8266 WeMos D1 Mini Adapter Board

[NeverDie]

I notice that on Chinese November 11 (about 10 hours from now), you can buy the Wemos modules on Aliexpress for $2.57, including free shipping.

[mfalkvidd]

@NeverDie I usually buy mine for $2.60 or even $2.47 so the sale is not that big. They've just yanked up the "standard" price now to make it look like the sale is on.

[scalz]

and there are lot of wemos clones! seems there are people which receive it with an inverted soldered esp8266 or with doubtful parts quality! seems crazy!
https://www.jeedom.com/forum/download/file.php?id=30880
i don't have one like this, but multiple people have reported this!
well, it just needs to unsolder, but i laughed when i saw the pic :)

[korttoma]

wow, do they have trained monkeys doing the soldering or some guy soldering them the wrong way on purpose.

[NeverDie]

Or maybe they're selling them cheaply because they're rejects that were soldered wrong, and they know it.

[NeverDie]

@mfalkvidd said:

@NeverDie I usually buy mine for $2.60 or even $2.47 so the sale is not that big. They've just yanked up the "standard" price now to make it look like the sale is on.

Where do you buy them for that price? I remember Wemos selling them for $4 when they first came out, and then I stopped checking. Even $2.60 seems like a good deal to me if the seller has a high reputation.

[gloob]

Here you will find some cheap ones for today:

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266-by/32662942091.html

[mfalkvidd]

This is where I have bough from so far:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266-by/32710603969.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266-by/32662942091.html

One of them is at $2.34 at the moment

[NeverDie]

The $2.34 one is "no longer available."

[NeverDie]

@mfalkvidd said:

This is where I have bough from so far:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266-by/32710603969.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266-by/32662942091.html

One of them is at $2.34 at the moment

There's a catch on the $2.57 listing. I could only get free shipping if I purchased a single unit. If I attempted to buy more than one in a single order, then shipping was no longer free.

[mfalkvidd]

@NeverDie yes. I usually create a few orders of 2 each. Sometimes they all arrive in the same package, free of charge :)

[NeverDie]

I just now noticed that there's a new version 2 of the D1 Mini. So, maybe the version 1's are priced low because they're being liquidated? Anyhow, Wemos claims it's more stable and has 30% greater radiated emissions. So, I decided to order some of those instead.

[fets]

@NeverDie said:

So, I decided to order some of those instead.

Which one did you order ? Can you provide the link please ;)

[NeverDie]

@fets said:

@NeverDie said:

So, I decided to order some of those instead.

Which one did you order ? Can you provide the link please ;)

I ordered it from:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PCS-D1-mini-V2-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-development-ESP8266-by-WeMos/32754697134.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.zAagka

Whereas this link explains it better:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/D1-mini-Mini-NodeMcu-4M-bytes-Lua-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board-based-ESP8266/1331105_32529101036.html?spm=2114.8147860.0.0.DrTJYs

[mfalkvidd]

@NeverDie if I understand correctly, the difference is in the pcb antenna. That explains why the shipment I received earlier this week look different :)

[mfalkvidd]

[NeverDie]

@mfalkvidd
The second link I provided didn't mention the antenna. Rather, it showed this:

[NeverDie]

I notice Wemos now also has a 16 Megabyte version of the ESP8266. i.e. 4x the flash of an ESP-12F. I suppose that would make it a better webserver.

[mfalkvidd]

@NeverDie sorry. You had not posted the second link yet when I wrote my reply.

I noticed the larger pcb antenna on your first link so I thought that was the difference, but the ones I have are the old version then, they don't have the v2 stuff on the back side.

The 16MB version sounds nice. I have had trouble fitting all javascript and images on the 4MB version.

[NeverDie]

I think the Version 2 WeMos must have been out for a while already, because the Wemos's I already have and which I purchased a while ago appear to be the Version 2 variety. So, maybe it's old news.