{"id":14143,"date":"2016-02-08T20:38:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T19:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14143"},"modified":"2016-02-08T20:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T19:42:19","slug":"getting-started-with-the-esp8266-phat-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14143","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with the ESP8266 pHAT for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/ESP_IoT_HAT_2_of_2_large.JPG?resize=480%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Hayler has written an excellent tutorial on using this new add-on board from Pimoroni. You basically connect to the pHAT using minicom and then send old-style AT commands like you would with an old modem. He hasn&#8217;t quite gone so far as to show how it might be used practically as an IoT device, but I suspect that&#8217;s not far off. <a href=\"http:\/\/richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk\/2016\/02\/getting-started-with-esp8266-iot-phat.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read it here<\/a>. To get hold of the pHAT, you can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/collections\/new-products\/products\/esp8266-phat\" target=\"_blank\">Pimoroni<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/esp8266-phat\" target=\"_blank\">The Pi Hut<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Hayler has written an excellent tutorial on using this new add-on board from Pimoroni. You basically connect to the pHAT using minicom and then send old-style AT commands like you would with an old modem. 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