Data Sheet

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Preface –Getting Started
Welcome to the world of ESP8266 NodeMCU. It’s an ESP8266 WiFi module with Crowtail
interface. We will use it to make some simple application of fun with various Crowtail modules .
1: How to use ESP8266 NodeMCU
1) Before you use the micro USB cable to connect the ESP8266 NodeMCU with your
computer, you need to install the cp2012 USB driver. you can download it from there:
https: //www.sil abs.com /product s/mcu/Page s/USBto UARTBridge VCPDrive rs.as p
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2) After succeed connection, we need to choose some development tools such as LuaLoader
and luaEditor, we will provide these software. You can open them from Tools folder. The luaEditor
is used to programming and debugging, finally it will generate .lua file. The LuaLoader is used to
download and compile the .lua file, and it provides some other features. The next will introduce
the usage of LuaLoader.
*Open the LuaLoader, click the menu “Setting”, choose the “Comm port Settings”, and it will
popup a “Serial Advance Setting”, set up the right port here then click the “Connect” button on
the top of the menu.
When the information”Connected to COMX at 9600baud” display in the debug window, it means
connecting is successful, and you can input command statement into the bellow edit box. As send
command “ print(“Hello world！”) ”, then the result will display in the debug window.