An attempt to water my plants remotely using NodeMCU and Django.

ESP-12E Module Stats:

• 32-bit RISC microprocessor
• 80 to 160 Mhz clock
• 64kB instruction RAM, 96kB data RAM
• 4 Mbit external flash memory
• IEEE 802.11 WiFi transceiver
• Integrated TCP/IP stack

• Learn more about the django web framework and cloud deployment models.
• Work with the RTOS kernel to refresh some topics covered in operating systems.
• Get more experience with network programming in C.
• ...water my plants while I'm on vacation.

• Install some required packages:

sudo pacman -S --needed gcc git make ncurses flex bison gperf python2-pyserial

• Download the xtensa toolchain:

mkdir -p ~/esp
cd ~/esp
tar -xzf ~/Downloads/xtensa-lx106-elf-linux64-1.22.0-100-ge567ec7-5.2.0.tar.gz

• Download the SDK:

cd ~/esp
git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK.git

• Add paths to .bashrc:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin"
export IDF_PATH="$HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK"

• Install required python packages:

python -m pip install --user -r $IDF_PATH/requirements.txt

• Plug in the ESP8266 and check its device file permissions
• Set the serial port where the project will be loaded to:

make menuconfig

• Build and flash the application, then run it:

make flash monitor