So just saw this! Anyone else read about this? They are making marlin work with an 8266 for wifi, it would basically be fluidnc. No usb cord, control via phone!
Scratch all tht!!! Article was 2015!!! Comeon! How did that make my feed!
An ESP-01S board can provide a very close cousin to the WebUI used in FluidNC (Same heritage).
I have 3 ESP-01S boards sitting on my test bench and have used them with an SKR Pro 1.2
There’s a thread about this here:
If you are looking to add the little ESP01 board to your SKR board to control your MPCNC or Lowrider or whatever CNC device you are trying to wifi enable then I hope this post helps you avoid the struggles I went through. I really had trouble finding all the pieces required. I am doing this for an MPCNC with SKR Pro V1.2 with TFT35 E3 V3.0 running dual endstop V1 firmware V515. Just works!!!
First you need an ESP-01S like this (note: ESP-01 has less memory than ESP-01S so make sure you have an…