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by sickrumbear 2593 days ago
this looks really cool! any project write-ups online that show how it can/ is being used?
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stevekemp 2593 days ago
Multiple projects posted if you search my practical project involves polling a remote API to display tram departures

https://steve.fi/Hardware/helsinki-tram-times/

But you also find out about constraints too. Driving an epaper display without running out of RAM was a fun challenge:

https://steve.fi/Hardware/d1-epaper/

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Rebelgecko 2593 days ago
If you search for "ESP8266" (especially on a website like hackaday.com) you will see a lot of projects using these boards or very similar ones. You can also look up the ESP32, which is the big brother of the ESP-8266 with Bluetooth LE, more CPUs, and some other cool features.
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