SYNC ESP8266 BOARD DATETIME WITH NTP (DAY 2)

To follow yesterday progress, I will use the board to fetch the index page of example.org in two scenarios, Get an URL served on HTTP Get an URL served on HTTPS There are multiple ways to finish the job, for example, there are different libraries can be used, or, even in the same library, there …

Sync ESP8266 board DateTime with NTP (Day 1)

Most of the times, I want my ESP8266 board to communicate with the server through a securer channel such as MQTT over TLS or HTTPS. However, to verify the certification, system’s date/time has to be in a proper configuration. Since ESP8266 is designed to have the network, I believe NTP is definitely the first choice …

How to upload firmware to EleksMill in Linux

My wife sent me an EleksMill as my birthday gift (Thank you! my love). It’s simple but proper designed desktop CNC. However, the document of the CNC machine is as simple as the design. It cost me around 4 hours to assemble the machine from a piece by piece.   After completed the assembling, I found …