I have connected Arduino with ESP8266 with
Arduino pin 2 connected to ESP's Tx Arduino pin 3 connected to ESP's Rx via Voltage Divider Arduino GND connected to ESP's GND Arduino 3v3 connected to ESP's CH_PD
I have powered ESP8266 using 1117 Voltage regulator
When I initially bought ESP8266 it was working properly(I could even set up a server) but now when I connect it to Arduino an endless stream of garbage values is seen on the Serial Monitor...
The arduino is programmed with the following code
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial esp8266(2,3); // make RX Arduino line is pin 2, make TX Arduino line is pin 3.
// This means that you need to connect the TX line from the esp to the Arduino's pin 2
// and the RX line from the esp to the Arduino's pin 3
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
esp8266.begin(9600); // your esp's baud rate might be different
}
void loop()
{
if(esp8266.available()) // check if the esp is sending a message
{
while(esp8266.available())
{
// The esp has data so display its output to the serial window
char c = esp8266.read(); // read the next character.
Serial.write(c);
}
}
if(Serial.available())
{
// the following delay is required because otherwise the arduino will read the first letter of the command but not the rest
// In other words without the delay if you use AT+RST, for example, the Arduino will read the letter A send it, then read the rest and send it
// but we want to send everything at the same time.
delay(1000);
String command="";
while(Serial.available()) // read the command character by character
{
// read one character
command+=(char)Serial.read();
}
esp8266.println(command); // send the read character to the esp8266
}
}
