ESP8266 or WIFI ETHERNET SHIELD?

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#1

HI THERE,

CAN YOU TELL ME THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESP8266 AND ETHERNET SHEILD. WHICH IS BETTER AND WHY? AND WHOSE PROGRAMMING IS BETTER AND EASY TO USE?

#2

Hello Yash,

Esp8266 is a wifi module, while Ethernet shield is a RJ45 connection to be connected to a router via CAT cables

Normally it depends on your setting to choose between Cable connection or Wireless connection
the development is nearly the same, only in Wifi we should provide the (SSID, Username, password) of the WIFI access point and connect to it,

after that all the development is the same in terms of communication

Hope i clarified the difference and ready to help in both cases

regards
Samir Tafesh

#3

Another major difference is the price, ESP8266 is very cheap (about 2$), and it works very fine,
i am using it in nearly all my projects, and it performs well

Also ESP8266, has an internal Micro controller, where you can store a small web page without the need to connect it to Arduino or Raspberry PI

#4

SamirTafesh:
Another major difference is the price, ESP8266 is very cheap (about 2$), and it works very fine,
i am using it in nearly all my projects, and it performs well

Also ESP8266, has an internal Micro controller, where you can store a small web page without the need to connect it to Arduino or Raspberry PI

Samir, what esp model are you using? Esp-01, esp-12 or another

#5

Mart,

I am using esp01 and esp07

Samir

#6

SamirTafesh:
Mart,

I am using esp01 and esp07

Samir

The esp01 has a very sensitive reset line, doesnt it?

#7

Exactly, but once configured it runs perfectly
SAmir tafesh

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