Working toward my own understanding of the amazing ESP8266 chip, I have created two programs. I used examples provided on Arduino.cc, pieced them together, and created a Network Scanner with Access Point and a Phone Home application. The Scanner was just for fun, while the Phone Home program is for use in e-NABLE hands and arms.

Both programs are written in Arduino language, and I plan to learn LUA next to gain more power and speed. Anyway, I ordered four more ESP8266 HUZZAH breakout boards from Adafruit and my friend Walter who I am helping out with some technology is buying me five more as a gift for helping him. So soon I will have ten modules, one of which is slated for use in Ivan.

My short term goal with Ivan is to make an Access Point that serves up a web page that controls Ivan's rotation via link selection. I will put this version of Ivan, along with Ivan's rotating base, in the lobby of the place where I live inside of a display case. People can then interact with Ivan through their cell phones.

This demo will illustrate Ivan's presence on the web as an IoT device. Then there will be other uses for the ESP8266 on Ivan's horizon such as running Ivan's sensors. Ah Ivan, you're just a babe and yet you're a star!

Les