Day 5 - Section 1 - Introduction to NodeMCU: Arduino IDE settings based on NodeMCU setup

Day 5 - Section 1 - Introduction to NodeMCU

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After the completion of this section the students will be able to:

state what is the NodeMCU board
describe and analyze the applications of NodeMCU board and ESP8266 chip
distinguish the basic elements of Arduino IDE
setup the Arduino IDE to their computers based on NodeMCU settings

Arduino IDE settings based on NodeMCU setup

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The Arduino Integrated Development Environment - or Arduino Software (IDE) - contains a text editor for writing code, a message area, a text console, a toolbar with buttons for common functions and a series of menus. It connects to the NodeMCU hardware to upload programs and communicate with them.

Assuming we have already installed the ESP8266 support on our Arduino IDE (following the instructions on Installing with Boards Manager ), we choose the right port from the Ports menu and the NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module) from the Boards menu.