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Pros

These are my favorite esp8266 breakout boards. Perfect for slime trackers. Last batch performed flawlessly with micropython 1.

Bme680 gas sensors in bathrooms. Wled controllers but also motion sensed lights. Water sensors for plants. Infrared temp and humidity sensors.



Cons

Failed to connect to timed out waiting for packet headeresptool. Even tried compiling new drivers, downgrading my ar arduino ide - nothing worked. I ave some usb-c versions that are the same problem.

These are supposed to be clones of the nodemcu d1 mini. They fail to boot or respond to loaders. Coincidence probably but. Since most of my projects are battery powered, these are useless.

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Quality


Having an onboard usb plug saves the need to rig up a power supply, so i only had to solder on wires at three pins (5v, ground, and data4).


The boards i got all worked well and are up to my expectations.


0 do not have diodes on the usb power, so plugging them in to usb and 5v is a recipe for trouble.


I was apprehensive of the quality after reading reviews.

Price


The level converters are super cheap, so don't let that stop you.

Shipping


I finally got these to work after receiving the dreaded "timed out waiting for packet header" message.

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  • This product had a total of 884 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 16 2025.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Made a digital clock that gets the time from the web


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I finally got these to work after receiving the dreaded 34timed out waiting for packet header34 message


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    None of the tips offered in reviews here contained the complete solution so heres what i did


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Credit is due to a stack overflow answer which you can find by searching for 34wemos d1 mini esptool timed out34


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Disconnect usb from wemos d1 mini2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Connect wire d3 to gnd i used two minigrabbers3


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Upload your sketch and wait for the entire process to complete5

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