Hi there, so the title says most of it.
I am looking for arduino mega that has an 8266 built in. The same as I can go buy a nodeMCU and plug and play im looking for a mega that is plug and play so to speak. As most of the solutions I find require flashing new firmware and etc.
I have run out of pins on the node so I want to move to a mega but one with wifi seems to be an issue out of the box?
Welcome. What did google come up with when you searched for "Arduino Mega Wifi"?
This sort of board has been around for a while:
Dealing with 2 different MCUs and 2 codes and getting them in sync is More difficult than dealing with only one…
I’d probably think hard about such an option. Why do you really need this? and can the needs be achieved through different means?
➜ having only one MCU like an ESP32 for WiFi and a port expander if you need more IO might be a good option
Thanks for the reply, saw this board and uppon googling it I found that you have to flash the 8266 on the board for it to work with AT command firmware etc etc.
I am looking for something that basically would work out the box, much like the nodeMCU... Aka plug it in, attach my libraries that I need and go forward.
Thanks, yea I can agree 2 seperate MCUs is a pain. Its why I moved away from serial between a nano and a node.
A node is perfect for what I want it just doesnt have enough analog pins... Hence me wanting to use a mega with a 8266 attached as I have found reliable evidence that says the 8266 and BLYNK library will close the gap between the two. But I could be completely wrong...
Best way to find out is to try 
Use ads1115. Each one gives 4 more analog pins, and they are better quality/accuracy than the analog pin of the esp8266. You can add up to 4 of these to the same two pins on the esp board.
Alternatively use a 74hc4067 multiplexer to turn one analog pin into 16:
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