Posted in home entertainment hacks, Microcontrollers Tagged ESP8266, home theater, ir prototocol, remote control, web interface ← Mithro Runs Down Open Source FPGA Toolchains ...

The web server firmware opens up a ton of possibilities with CGI scripting. When booting up in AP mode, you can even connect the ESP8266 to another access point right from the your browser.

For this example during a session of Sunday night hacking an Adafruit ESP8266 Feather HUZZAH is used to control NeoPixels or a relay. In short, no external server, gateway, service, computer ...