Still Trying to add WiFi to an Arduino DD\CC++

I have tried to figure out how to add wifi to my MEGA w/Deek-Robot Motor Shield.

I have been able to run a test track using the Controller but would like to use Android Engine Driver without using a computer or a network.

Any direction will be appreciated.

Erich

 

https://translate.googleusercontent...700214&usg=ALkJrhggFDXIS5hpf_c9M5bzMiz_P-dlLA

Check this out.

 

You can try my fork of the base station that has wifi support: https://github.com/atanisoft/BaseStation

 

Thanks DieHard.

From what I can understand it might be the answer to getting my DCC++ working w/o a computer by WiFi.

I will order one soon.

Now to see if I can figure out how to "connect" the ESP so it will connect to engine driver (either with or without a network.

Erich

 

Hi Atani,

I am hoping that the MEGA+ESP8266 Board will get me to have a stand alone DCC++ Base Station allowing me to use Engine Driver on my Phone & Tab.

Do you think your changes will work with this board?

If so I hope to purchase soon.

Regards,

ERICH

 

I would imagine so, you will need to flash both the Arduino and the esp8266 chips. Please do keep in mind that there is not native support for the EngineDriver app on the esp8266 but it could be added with a bit of work.

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I'm still waiting on my Atmega, but did end up building this,https://translate.google.com/transl.../pages/centrale-dcc-wifi-d17.html&prev=search

Your not using Engine Driver but he has an app that runs on an Android cell phone.

 

This is pretty cool, I hadn't thought of using the esp8266 to generate the DCC signal as it doesn't have many pins to support PROG/MAIN or sensors/outputs. I have a D1 Mini sitting on my desk and I was using it originally as part of my arduino+esp8266 builds for quite some time.

 

I was going to try this, even have the esp board, but wound up deciding to just use a raspberry pi instead to avoid the headaches.

I have two cards set up, one i did is a full on normal raspian install that uses my normal home internet as the access for WiThrottle, and requires a monitor and mouse, and the other i downloaded as a stripped down auto starting version which uses the pi as the WiFi hotspot. That one can be used headless and without the need for external WiFi network . Self contained as it were.

 

I set up my raspberry pi a little differently. I started out making it a WAP with dhcp to handle both my esp32 controller (running Atani's code) plus it will provide connections for cell phones and tablets. Then I plugged the esp32 into the pi with a usb cable. This provides direct power to the esp, but it also allows me to compile and flash new updates directly to the esp as needed. I finished it off by getting a case and 3.5" touchscreen plus a clock chip for the pi, which boots automatically into chromium showing the controller page that the esp provides. Eventually I also hope to have the pi processing scripts to automate some of the layout functions and locos. You can do quite a lot when you put together a few different pieces of hardware.