A. Appendix—Learning
Resources
A.1. Must-Read Documents
•ESP8266 Quick Start Guide
Description: This document is a quick user guide to getting started with ESP8266. It
includes an introduction to the ESP-LAUNCHER, how to download firmware on to the
board and run it, how to compile the AT application, structure and the debugging
method of RTOS SDK. Basic documentation and other related resources for the
ESP8266 are also provided.
•ESP8266 SDK Getting Started Guide
Description: This document takes ESP-LAUNCHER and ESP-WROOM-02 as examples
to introduce how to use ESP8266 SDK. The contents include preparations before
compilation, SDK compilation and firmware download.
•ESP-WROOM-02 PCB Design and Module Placement Guide
Description: The ESP-WROOM-02 module is designed to be soldered to a host PCB.
This document compares six different placements of the antenna on a host board and
provides notes on designing PCB.
•ESP8266 Hardware Resources
Description: This zip package includes manufacturing specifications of the ESP8266
board and the modules, manufacturing BOM and schematics.
•ESP8266 AT Command Examples
Description: This document introduces some specific examples of using Espressif AT
commands, including single connection as a TCP Client, UDP transmission and
transparent transmission, and multiple connection as a TCP server.
•ESP8266 AT Instruction Set
Description: This document provides lists of AT commands based on
ESP8266_NONOS_SDK, including user-defined AT commands, basic AT commands,
Wi-Fi AT commands and TCP/IP-related AT commands. It also introduces the
downloading of AT firmware into flash.
•TCP/UDP UART Passthrough Test Demonstration
Description: This guide is intended to help users run a TCP & UDP passthrough test on
the ESP8266 IoT platform.
•FAQ