NodeMCU Config

Micropython

Installation

• Flashing Micropython

Download firmware file from micropython.org

sudo pip install esptool
esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash
esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash --flash_size=detect 0 ~/Desktop/esp8266-20171101-v1.9.3.bin

• Check the firmware integrity:

import esp
esp.check_fw()

Connecting

• Via Terminal:

sudo apt install picocom
picocom /dev/ttyUSB0 -b115200

• Via REPL(web):

import webrepl_setup

• If you disabled automatic start-up on boot, you may run configured daemon on demand using:

import webrepl
webrepl.start()

• Upload data using Serial Port

sudo pip install adafruit-ampy
ampy --port /dev/ttyUSB0 put ~/Desktop/main.py

File System

• Checking filesystem:

import os
os.listdir()

• Create directories:

os.mkdir('dir')

• Remove Files:

os.remove('data.txt')

• Reading data:

f = open('data.txt')
f.read()
f.close()

• Writing Data to files:

f = open('data.txt', 'w')
f.write('some data')
f.close()

Networking

• Checking Machine Frequency & Overclocking:

import machine
machine.freq()                # get the current frequency of the CPU
machine.freq(160000000)       # set the CPU frequency to 160 MHz

AP Mode

• Check AP Name:

import network
ap = network.WLAN(network.AP_IF)
print(ap.config('essid'))

• Change AP name and password:

import network
ap = network.WLAN(network.AP_IF)
ap.active(True)
ap.config(essid='MyESP8266', authmode=network.AUTH_WPA_WPA2_PSK, password='mypassword')
print(ap.config('essid'))

• Turning off AP:

ap = network.WLAN(network.AP_IF)
ap.active(False)

Station Mode

First activate the station interface:

sta_if.active(True)

Then connect to your WiFi network:

sta_if.connect('<your ESSID>', '<your password>')

To check if the connection is established use:

sta_if.isconnected()

Once established you can check the IP address:

sta_if.ifconfig()

('192.168.0.2', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.0.1', '8.8.8.8')

You can then disable the access-point interface if you no longer need it:

ap_if.active(False)

Boot Process

1. As a final step of boot procedure, main.py is executed from filesystem
2. This file is a hook to start up a user application each time on boot (instead of going to REPL).
3. For small test applications, you may name them directly as main.py
4. But instead it’s recommended to keep your application(s) in separate files, and have just the following in main.py:

import my_app
my_app.main()

Lua

This section is under construction.

References

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