Wemos D1 Blink

Blink is a simple program to get you started with our ESP8266 and the Arduino IDE.

Objectives:

Learn how to interact with the built in LED.
Learn how to use the serial monitor.

Parts

Directions

Clone https://githubcom/awoehler/electronics.network 
Open Examples/Blink/Blink.ino
Compile and upload the sketch to the board.
Open then Serial Monitor and make sure that the board rate is set to 115200.
Press the reset button on the Wemos and you should see Begin followed by off, on, off, on, ..... in the serial monitor.

Exercises:


  1. Add comments explaining what each line of code does. 
  2. Change the blink pattern to transmit an SOS signal in morse code. 

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