Review of ESP8266 NodeMCU Development Board V3

Review of  ESP8266 NodeMCU Development Board V3.


Introduction

After ordering my package from ebay it arrived 14 days later which is quite good from China. It maybe different from where you are located.
I opened the package to reveal that the condition was excellent.

Condition


Well packed with foam padding to protect the pins.

Inside of a sealed Anti-static bag.

Listing

The listing on ebay indicated that it was a NodeMCU board one of the advantages of using this is that it is well supported. Lots of documentation, circuit diagrams, pinouts etc.

Inspection

Breadboard friendly: Yes when placed on a prototype board it leaves one pin free on either side of the dev board, however, there is no pin labeling on the top of the board which is mentioned in the sellers description.



Close examination of the board revealed no errors and is a clean board.

USB to UART chip used:
CH340



LiPo Battery support: no

Setup

Installing the ESP8266 core
instructions can be found here

Installing drivers

Installing CH340/ CH341 driver

Instructions for installing ch341 driver

Testing

Uploading of test program of blink revealed that the on board LED or LED_BUILTIN is using pin 2.

Where to buy?

ebay seller - alice1101983


Support

NodeMCU github

Pinout 



Conclusion

This board is of a design from NodeMCU which makes it easy to interface with other devices such as sensors. Well supported documentation.  It is ideal for beginners as it requires no soldering.





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