ArduMotor

Purpose of the project: creation of a cheap toy vehicle controlled by Arduino and ESP8266 chip, which can be driven from a mobile phone.

Requirements:

1. Arduino chip
2. ESP8266 chip
3. Electrical componens like resistors etc.

Prepare project:

Download Arduino IDE

Add ESP8266 support to Arduino IDE using guide

Add arduino-esp8266fs-plugin for static data uploading

Install ArduinoWebSockets library

$ cp ESP8266/Consts.h.template ESP8266/Consts.h   # edit Consts.h if need
$ sudo npm install -g inliner
$ generate_final_htm.sh

Build and upload ESP8266 sketch:

1. Plug ESP8266 in programming mode (connect GPIO_0 on GND)
2. Upload static data: Arduino IDE -> Tools -> ESP8266 Sketch Data Upload
3. Upload code: Arduino IDE -> File -> Upload

Build and upload Arduino sketch

Configure project in IDE

$ python cmakegen.py . > CMakeLists.txt

Design documents

1. System communication scheme
2. ESP8266-Arduino connection draft
3. Arduino-motors connection draft