If you’ve read any of our posts in the last couple years, you’ll have noted that our community is stoked about bringing the Internet to their devices on the cheap with the ESP8266 modules. Why? This ...

Every so often we run across something in the Hackaday tip line that sends us scurrying to Google, trying to source a component, part, or assembly. The ESP8266 WiFi module is the latest, made ...

Electronics is an expensive hobby. You often need to buy expensive hardware to complete a small hobby project. Fortunately, searching will give you a long list of cheap “retired” parts. If you’re sure ...

First, take a look inside the device: In principle, the Sonoff Basic is a single-relay unit to be used as retrofit, based on the ESP8266 chip, a very popular and inexpensive Wi-Fi solution. However, ...