so I got my Arduino Uno today. For a porject I want to be able to control some relays on my Arduino via Wifi (via Blynk app). For this I want to use the ESP8266-01 as a Wifi shield.
I used this tutorial: https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/nolan-mathews/connect-to-blynk-using-esp8266-as-arduino-uno-wifi-shield-m1-46a453
Only difference is I'm using Win10. Here is what I got:
- Arduino Uno R3
- Arduino IDE 1.8.1
- included all Blynk/ESP libraries and installed ESP8266 as board (generic)
- uploaded empty sketch to the Arduino
- Connections to Between Arduino/ESP as follows . http://www.teomaragakis.com/hardware/electronics/how-to-connect-an-esp8266-to-an-arduino-uno/ (I know about to 3.3V to 5V issue but seems to work so far)
Okay, first problem is that I couldnt flash the Firmware of the ESP (got it from Sunfounder) as said in the Tutorial. Downloaded the latest firmware and flashed it with ESP8266Flasher.
Other Problem that is when I try to compile the code from the first tutorial, I always get error :
C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\examples\Boards_WiFi\ESP8266_Shield\ESP8266_Shield.ino:5:21: fatal error: ESP8266.h: No such file or directory
As said I have installed all libraries. Cant really think of things to do anymore. Any help would be much appreciated. Best regards from Berlin, Chris. To close the code I try to upload to the board (both Arduino Board or generic ESP8266 does not work)
//#define BLYNK_DEBUG
#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial // Comment this out to disable prints and save space
#include <ESP8266.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleShieldEsp8266.h>
// Set ESP8266 Serial object
#define EspSerial Serial
ESP8266 wifi(EspSerial);
// You should get Auth Token in the Blynk App.
// Go to the Project Settings (nut icon).
char auth[] = "???";
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200); // Set console baud rate
delay(10);
EspSerial.begin(115200); // Set ESP8266 baud rate
delay(10);
Blynk.begin(auth, wifi, "???",
"???");
}
void loop()
{
Blynk.run();
}
The ??? I switched for my token and data ofc.
