💬 ESP-LINK ESP8266 WeMos D1 Mini Adapter Board
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@mfalkvidd
The second link I provided didn't mention the antenna. Rather, it showed this:
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.
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@mfalkvidd
The second link I provided didn't mention the antenna. Rather, it showed this:
@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.
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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.
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@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.
@mfalkvidd said:
@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.
Well, then, here you go: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/WEMOS-D1-mini-Pro-16M-bytes-external-antenna-connector-ESP8266-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board/1331105_32724692514.html?spm=2114.8147860.0.0.wNYDeV
Not much of a bump in price either. Just $5.
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@mfalkvidd said:
@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.
Well, then, here you go: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/WEMOS-D1-mini-Pro-16M-bytes-external-antenna-connector-ESP8266-WIFI-Internet-of-Things-development-board/1331105_32724692514.html?spm=2114.8147860.0.0.wNYDeV
Not much of a bump in price either. Just $5.
@NeverDie thanks.
I've been planning to either offload the files to a cdn (but that only works when the device has an Internet connection of course) or store them on a SD card (which would give access to gigabytes of storage) but there might be cases where the 16MB is a better alternative.
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@mfalkvidd said:
Are your boards clones? They look different than mine. Mine have rounded corners, and they say WeMos.cc on the front. Yours don't have that.
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@mfalkvidd said:
Are your boards clones? They look different than mine. Mine have rounded corners, and they say WeMos.cc on the front. Yours don't have that.
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Apparently all of yours are version 1 then, irrespective of the Antenna.
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Apparently all of yours are version 1 then, irrespective of the Antenna.
I don't think WeMos ever made one with the ESP-12E antenna. IIRC, from Day 1 WeMos was using the ESP-12F. From what I've heard, the 12F antenna is significantly better than the 12E and predecessor antennas. I originally purchased ESP-13 modules, because they had the upgraded antenna, but that was before the ESP-12F came out. I'm happy with the ESP-13's, but I don't know that they have any advantage over the ESP-12F. I now prefer the ESP-12F, if only because it's a bit more compact. Also, the ESP-12F has an LED on the module, whereas the ESP-13's don't.
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I don't think WeMos ever made one with the ESP-12E antenna. IIRC, from Day 1 WeMos was using the ESP-12F. From what I've heard, the 12F antenna is significantly better than the 12E and predecessor antennas. I originally purchased ESP-13 modules, because they had the upgraded antenna, but that was before the ESP-12F came out. I'm happy with the ESP-13's, but I don't know that they have any advantage over the ESP-12F. I now prefer the ESP-12F, if only because it's a bit more compact. Also, the ESP-12F has an LED on the module, whereas the ESP-13's don't.
Anyhow, I think I'll order one of the 16 Megabyte "Pro" versions to give it a spin. I hear you can now run Micropython on an ESP8266, and that might be fun. Who knows? Maybe it could even function as an MQTT server. That would be cool if it could.
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I have bought all my Wemos D1 (30 pcs) from the original seller to get sure they work and they do.
@kalle said:
I have bought all my Wemos D1 (30 pcs) from the original seller to get sure they work and they do.
I would do the same, except the original seller doesn't ship by ePacket delivery. I'm guessing less expensive clones are probably fine for experimenting with, but for an install that needs to last for years and not fail I imagine Wemos (aka "the original seller") maybe has more reason to care about quality control and not cut corners since it's their branded name on the line.
I'm curious to know: what is it you're doing that requires 30 D1 Mini's?
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Haha, good question and here is the answer:
We have created a IR/RF Blaster ;-)
The video and description show you not the newest version, but it give you an idea of it.http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=IR/RF_Device
I was inspired by mysensors member "blacey" - https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1402/ir-blaster-progress
because he never finished his project ;-)Kalle
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@kalle said:
I have bought all my Wemos D1 (30 pcs) from the original seller to get sure they work and they do.
I would do the same, except the original seller doesn't ship by ePacket delivery. I'm guessing less expensive clones are probably fine for experimenting with, but for an install that needs to last for years and not fail I imagine Wemos (aka "the original seller") maybe has more reason to care about quality control and not cut corners since it's their branded name on the line.
I'm curious to know: what is it you're doing that requires 30 D1 Mini's?
@NeverDie said:
@kalle said:
I have bought all my Wemos D1 (30 pcs) from the original seller to get sure they work and they do.
I would do the same, except the original seller doesn't ship by ePacket delivery. I'm guessing less expensive clones are probably fine for experimenting with, but for an install that needs to last for years and not fail I imagine Wemos (aka "the original seller") maybe has more reason to care about quality control and not cut corners since it's their branded name on the line.
I'm curious to know: what is it you're doing that requires 30 D1 Mini's?
Obviously when looking at the clones up there, Wemos is the one cutting the corners... of the PCB ;)
Bought mines from Wemos too, ESP8266 board tend to be very unstable without a good power supply and I prefer paying 1€ more than waste hours if not days trying to solve a problem that's due to a cheap component. A bad experience with a nodemcu board has vaccinated me... -
@NeverDie said:
@kalle said:
I have bought all my Wemos D1 (30 pcs) from the original seller to get sure they work and they do.
I would do the same, except the original seller doesn't ship by ePacket delivery. I'm guessing less expensive clones are probably fine for experimenting with, but for an install that needs to last for years and not fail I imagine Wemos (aka "the original seller") maybe has more reason to care about quality control and not cut corners since it's their branded name on the line.
I'm curious to know: what is it you're doing that requires 30 D1 Mini's?
Obviously when looking at the clones up there, Wemos is the one cutting the corners... of the PCB ;)
Bought mines from Wemos too, ESP8266 board tend to be very unstable without a good power supply and I prefer paying 1€ more than waste hours if not days trying to solve a problem that's due to a cheap component. A bad experience with a nodemcu board has vaccinated me...@Nca78 said:
@NeverDie said:
@kalle said:
I have bought all my Wemos D1 (30 pcs) from the original seller to get sure they work and they do.
I would do the same, except the original seller doesn't ship by ePacket delivery. I'm guessing less expensive clones are probably fine for experimenting with, but for an install that needs to last for years and not fail I imagine Wemos (aka "the original seller") maybe has more reason to care about quality control and not cut corners since it's their branded name on the line.
I'm curious to know: what is it you're doing that requires 30 D1 Mini's?
Obviously when looking at the clones up there, Wemos is the one cutting the corners... of the PCB ;)
Bought mines from Wemos too, ESP8266 board tend to be very unstable without a good power supply and I prefer paying 1€ more than waste hours if not days trying to solve a problem that's due to a cheap component. A bad experience with a nodemcu board has vaccinated me...I agree that having adequate power and power quality seems to be very important for anything with a radio, whether it be wi-fi, rfm69, or nrf24L01+. Or even Raspberry Pi's for that matter. If there's a mystery hardware problem, it's the first thing I check, because so often it's the culprit. I've also noticed that microusb conections are often lousy and drop too much voltage. It probably doesn't help either when a micro usb is surface mounted and there's little to nothing mechanical anchoring it in place besides a little solder paste. IIRC, that was part of the Pi's problem. Anyhow, something to keep in mind when troubleshooting.
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Haha, good question and here is the answer:
We have created a IR/RF Blaster ;-)
The video and description show you not the newest version, but it give you an idea of it.http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=IR/RF_Device
I was inspired by mysensors member "blacey" - https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1402/ir-blaster-progress
because he never finished his project ;-)Kalle
@kalle said:
Haha, good question and here is the answer:
We have created a IR/RF Blaster ;-)
The video and description show you not the newest version, but it give you an idea of it.http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=IR/RF_Device
I was inspired by mysensors member "blacey" - https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1402/ir-blaster-progress
because he never finished his project ;-)Kalle
I have an Amazon Echo that I like a lot, although I'm vastly under-utilizing it. Is Voice Commando as good as it is at understanding speech? If you mated your IR blasting orb to Amazon echo, I'm sure you'd find a large, receptive audience.
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@NeverDie said:
I have an Amazon Echo that I like a lot, although I'm vastly under-utilizing it. Is Voice Commando as good as it is at understanding speech? If you mated your IR blasting orb to Amazon echo, I'm sure you'd find a large, receptive audience.
Thanks and yes VoxCommando has a lot of more advantages as the Amazon Echo but it is hard for me to list it all here. I'm sure the Amazon Echo has also its authority, but I don't really know how the Amazon Echo works. VoxCommando do not need a internet connection to communicate to a device and for me it is important to know that my spoken commands will not send over the net to an cloud server. You can use any kind of prefix to start VoxCommando to listening for a command if you don't like "Alexa" ;-)
You can try VoxCommando, because it has a full working trial version http://voxcommando.com/home/downloads/PS: VoxCommando has also a python API to communicate to mysensors device
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@NeverDie said:
I have an Amazon Echo that I like a lot, although I'm vastly under-utilizing it. Is Voice Commando as good as it is at understanding speech? If you mated your IR blasting orb to Amazon echo, I'm sure you'd find a large, receptive audience.
Thanks and yes VoxCommando has a lot of more advantages as the Amazon Echo but it is hard for me to list it all here. I'm sure the Amazon Echo has also its authority, but I don't really know how the Amazon Echo works. VoxCommando do not need a internet connection to communicate to a device and for me it is important to know that my spoken commands will not send over the net to an cloud server. You can use any kind of prefix to start VoxCommando to listening for a command if you don't like "Alexa" ;-)
You can try VoxCommando, because it has a full working trial version http://voxcommando.com/home/downloads/PS: VoxCommando has also a python API to communicate to mysensors device
@kalle said:
@NeverDie said:
I have an Amazon Echo that I like a lot, although I'm vastly under-utilizing it. Is Voice Commando as good as it is at understanding speech? If you mated your IR blasting orb to Amazon echo, I'm sure you'd find a large, receptive audience.
Thanks and yes VoxCommando has a lot of more advantages as the Amazon Echo but it is hard for me to list it all here. I'm sure the Amazon Echo has also its authority, but I don't really know how the Amazon Echo works. VoxCommando do not need a internet connection to communicate to a device and for me it is important to know that my spoken commands will not send over the net to an cloud server. You can use any kind of prefix to start VoxCommando to listening for a command if you don't like "Alexa" ;-)
You can try VoxCommando, because it has a full working trial version http://voxcommando.com/home/downloads/PS: VoxCommando has also a python API to communicate to mysensors device
Does VoxCommando work well if it's hooked up to an array microphone so that it's always listening? One of the strong points of Alexa is that you don't have to pick up a microphone to talk to it. I can talk from across the room, and Alexa still understands me just fine.
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@NeverDie
I use personally different types of mics. Wireless mic, my mobile phone (there is a extra android app availabe "VoxWav") and also a smartwatch (Omate). I have no experience with an microphone array but some user using a boundary mic. Here are a interested post from our forum about the Echo. -
Just now released Version 004. Changes in Version 004:
- Corrected spacing between rows of pins to fit the Wemos D1 Mini.
- Enlarged drill holes to make inserting and aligning header pins easier.
- Rotated FTDI header 180 degrees.
- Added a ground pour.
- Vias eliminated.
I just now ordered new Version 004 boards from the fab. This project will remain a "Work in Progress" until I receive them and can verify that everything is fitting correctly and working as it should.
