NODE MCU:ESP 8266 - Micro Python Network Programming and IOT

Contrast microcontroller and IoT devices, and explain how sensors and actuators connect to a networked MCU to communicate over IP, enabling remote control, data logging, and alerts.

Explore how sensors detect ambient changes and actuators respond, using transducers and analog-to-digital conversion to drive devices in IoT microcontroller systems.

Explore the node mcu esp8266 as an affordable wifi-enabled iot board, compare it with esp32, and learn micro python setup, adc support, and usb programming for sensor projects.

Understand how IP addresses uniquely identify network devices, compare IPv4 and IPv6, and see how DNS translates domain names to IP addresses, plus local versus external and static versus dynamic distinctions.

Learn how MicroPython runs on ESP8266 boards, flash the firmware, and use the Esplorer IDE to write, upload, and run wifi-enabled code.

Learn how to flash MicroPython firmware onto a NodeMCU ESP8266 using a flash tool over USB, power cycle, and run boot.py and main.py for a standalone microcontroller.

Connect your NodeMCU to Wi-Fi using MicroPython, load boot.py to automate network access, and verify the device IP address after successful connection.

Learn to use rest api with micropython on Node MCU ESP8266 to fetch weather data via open weather map, using get and post requests and json format.

Post sensor data from a node mcu (esp 8266) using micropython to the ThingSpeak cloud via a rest api, reading a potentiometer with adc and sending updates.

Demonstrates posting sensor data via micropython using a Rest API to the ThinkSpeak cloud, showing data transfer from a node MCU to the IoT platform and basic visualization.

Explore how mqtt enables publish/subscribe messaging through a lightweight broker, using topics to connect publishers and subscribers across IoT devices with low bandwidth requirements.

Explore the micropython code for the ESP8266 that connects to wifi, subscribes to the light topic, publishes to the broker, and toggles an LED based on incoming messages.

Watch an mqtt cloud demonstration using an esp8266 and micro python to switch leds on and off via a cloud broker.

Explore MicroPython network programming on the NodeMCU ESP8266, comparing low-level socket programming with high-level TCP and UDP protocols, and demonstrating connection handling via listen, accept, and connect.

Program a NodeMCU ESP8266 with MicroPython using uPyCraft to burn firmware, transfer code, and access a Python interpreter via the COM port, then use Hercules for network programming.

Demonstrate tcp server and client socket programming on node mcu (ESP8266) with MicroPython, compare udp usage, bind to ip and port, listen, accept data, and reconnect on failure.

Set up a tcp server and client on the node mcu ESP8266 using MicroPython, connect to wifi, bind and listen on a port, and exchange data via socket with laptop.

Demonstrates a TCP client and server socket program using Node MCU and a host laptop, showing connecting, binding, listening, sending data, and closing sockets in a data transfer workflow.

Review and demonstrate a UDP server and client on the NODE MCU (ESP 8266), contrasting UDP with DCP and detailing sockets, binding, IP handling, and data echo.

Demonstrates setting up a UDP socket on the Node MCU to send data to a computer via host IP and a fixed port, with the computer listening for data transfer.

Provide an overview comparison of the ESP32 and ESP8266 development boards, highlighting dual-core versus single-core performance, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, RAM, ADC/DAC options, and industrial versus learning applications.

Explore bonus courses on Linux and Unix essentials and Internet of Things, and topics like software product management and modelling and relational database design.