Internet of Things on the Cheap: ESP8266
World Maker Faire 2015
MAKER
Thomas Tongue
I've been a technology entrepreneur for the past 20 years since I left a graduate program in Astrophysics to co-found a company providing software and web services. Along the way, I've earned a MBA from RPI, built a company making spectrometers, and lead a community of makers and entrepreneurs to found the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, a makerspace and startup cultivator in Troy, NY.
The ESP8266 is a super-cheap microcontroller with WiFi capabilities that is now supported by the Arduino toolchain. This talk will cover the ins-and-outs of using the ESP8266 to support an ecosystem of devices for the Internet of Things, and where to find resources to go further.
