Protocol decoder:Esp8266

esp8266

Name	ESP8266
Description	WiFi Serial Transceiver.
Status	planned
License	GPLv2+
Source code	decoders/
Input	uart
Output	esp8266
Probes	—
Optional probes	—

The esp8266 protocol decoder supports the UART command protocol spoken by modules equipped with an ESP8266 WiFi transceiver chip.

Hardware

The ESP8266 chip contains an Xtensa LX106 CPU and a radio for IEEE 802.11b/g/n.

Modules

Various online marketplaces sell modules containing the ESP8266 (and a few assisting components) that comes preprogrammed with a TCP/IP stack that can be controlled with commands send via RS232. There seem to be eleven different types of modules around, called "ESP-01" to "ESP-11" (see this post).

• ESP-01

Connector: 2x4pin male 2.54mm header

Connector pinout Function Pin Pin Function U0TXD 1 2 GND CHIP_EN 3 4 GPIO2 EXT_RSTB 5 6 GPIO0 VCC 7 8 U0RXD (Note: The PCB has two square pads at the pin header, so it's not clear which one should be pin number 1. The table above assumes that the module is oriented as shown in the picture from the top, with the antenna on the right side, pin 1 is then in the top left corner and pin 8 next to the SPI flash chip.)

ESP-01, top GigaDevice GD25Q40B 4Mbit SPI flash

• ESP-03

Connectors: 7 pin castellated holes on both sides (2mm distance)

Pinout of left connector Pin Function 1 VCC 2 MTMS 3 MTDI 4 MTCK 5 MTDO 6 GPIO2 7 GPIO0

Pinout of right connector Pin Function 1 LNA 2 CHIP_EN 3 XPD_DCDC 4 U0RXD 5 U0TXD 6 n.c. 7 GND

ESP-03, top

• ESP-04

Connectors: 7 pin castellated holes on both sides (2mm distance), same pinout as ESP-03

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  ESP-04, top

• ESP-05

Connectors: 1x5pin pads (2.54mm distance), U.FL antenna connector

Connector pinout Pin Function 1 EXT_RSTB 2 GND 3 U0RXD 4 U0TXD 5 VCC

ESP-05, top

Resources

• ESP8266 Community Forum
  • Module overview
• Translation of the chinese datasheet
• ESP8266 pinout
• Die shots of the chip