ESP8266 WIFI Shield

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Hi guys,

I am having a bit of trouble in setting up the hardware for my ESP8266 with my UNO. Can anyone point me to the right direction please? :slight_smile: I have read the hook up guide but i think im missing something.

On the ESP8266 WIFI Shield, there is a ESP8266 PROG little section which has the GND, 5V, RX, TX and DTR pin. I have supplied 5v and ground from UNO to 5v and GND pins respectively. I also connected the TX and RX OF esp8266 to UNO RX and TX repectively.

After that I powered it up and try to load up the ESP8266 Wifi Shield Demo example but it is failing to connect to the ESP8266. Have I done something wrong in hooking it up?

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Hi all,

Iā€™m having the same problem, but Iā€™m using the ESP8266 WiFi Shield, with stackable headers.

Before uploading the sketch, I switch the switch to SW, upload the demo sketch, opened the serial monitor and it only displays an error saying that it cant comunicate with the ESP8266. Also the ESP8266 shield blinks the blue led. So I have no clue on what the problem is.

Any help would be great!

Thanks

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seek help at

http://www.esp8266.com/