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

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

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      • mfalkviddM 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.

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        @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.

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          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

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            #9

            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

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              The $2.34 one is "no longer available."

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              • mfalkviddM 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

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                @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.

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                • NeverDieN 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.

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

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                    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.

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                    • NeverDieN 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.

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                      @NeverDie said:

                      So, I decided to order some of those instead.

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

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                      • fetsF fets

                        @NeverDie said:

                        So, I decided to order some of those instead.

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

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                        @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

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                        • NeverDieN 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

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

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                            0_1478902587142_image.jpeg

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                            • mfalkviddM mfalkvidd

                              0_1478902587142_image.jpeg

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                              @mfalkvidd
                              The second link I provided didn't mention the antenna. Rather, it showed this:
                              0_1478903062257_v2vsv1.png

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                              • NeverDieN NeverDie

                                @mfalkvidd
                                The second link I provided didn't mention the antenna. Rather, it showed this:
                                0_1478903062257_v2vsv1.png

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                                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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                                • NeverDieN NeverDie

                                  @mfalkvidd
                                  The second link I provided didn't mention the antenna. Rather, it showed this:
                                  0_1478903062257_v2vsv1.png

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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.

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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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                                    • mfalkviddM 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.

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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.

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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.

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                                        @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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                                        • mfalkviddM mfalkvidd

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                                          @mfalkvidd said:

                                          0_1478902587142_image.jpeg

                                          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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