####A driver to use an ESP8266 module for full GPIO wifi on a Raspberry Pi.

####For more information visit http://oshlab.com/esp8266-raspberry-pi-gpio-wifi/

This is a driver for using an ESP8266 wifi module for wifi on the Raspberry Pi. To use this, you need an ESP-12E or ESP12F module. The ESP-12F is recommended. An install script is included to completly setup everything for the module. This is based heavely on RPi WiFi on Hackaday.io. I have made some changes to the Makefile so it works with the latest kernel. I also added a startup script that is automatically installed to handle the GPIO in order to activate the module. I also made the setup process much easier.

First, wire up the ESP-12F like this.

You need git if it is not already installed.

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git

SSH into your Raspberry Pi and enter the following commands.

cd ~ git clone https://github.com/oshlab/esp8089.git cd esp8089 sudo sh install

This is going to take a while.

When that is done, reboot your Pi.

sudo reboot

After reboot, the ESP8266 module should activate. You can do a quick scan to make sure it is working.

sudo iwlist scan

Now it will work just like any other WIFI module. Cheers.