I have with me an Arduino UNO and an ESP8266 (12E) WiFi Module. I need to make a webserver using the two. I read that the default baud rate for ESP8266 is 115200, and that the software serial pins can't handle such high speeds. I dont have an USB-UART converter at hand. Is there a way to use my Arduino as one to change the baud rate, so that I can interface with the chip using the software serial pins of the Arduino later.
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if you have an uno you don't need a usb-uart; just rx-tx, tx-rx, g-g, uno's rst-gnd– dandavisMar 19, 2017 at 23:35
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@dandavis Okay. In that case on which pin should I connect the voltage divider to reduce the logic levels to 3.3V?– sixterMar 19, 2017 at 23:39
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you don't actually need one just to flash an ESP, but you would "stepdown" the uno's TX pin for long-term connectivity, the 5v-tolerant ESP's pins put out enough for the uno w/o modification. using a red LED instead of a wire for the uno's TX to the esp's RX suffices.– dandavisMar 19, 2017 at 23:42
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Use SoftwareSerial library for your module and define your own tx and rx pins like this and then you can define baud rate for your specified serial pins.
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial mySerial(8,9); // RX, TX for your module
void setup(){
mySerial.begin(115200);
}
for more details visit https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerialBegin
answered Mar 19, 2017 at 16:37
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But from what I heard, SoftwareSerial doesn't support such high baud rates.– sixterMar 19, 2017 at 16:38
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Yeah, okay. It says it's supported. Thanks. It seems there's a lot of misinformation on the internet.– sixterMar 19, 2017 at 16:41
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SoftwareSerial can't receive reliably at higher than 9600 baud, but it can transmit reliably enough for you to command the ESP board to change its baud rate to 9600. From then on, use SoftwareSerial at 9600 baud.– JRobertMar 19, 2017 at 21:39
You can use this block of code in Arduino to set baud rate...
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600); // opens serial port, sets data rate to 9600 bps
}
void loop() {}
Change value in serial.begin() as per your value.
You can use the SoftwareSerial library and define your own tx and rx pin and set baud rate according to your requirement.
#include <SoftwareSerial.h> // SoftwareSerial library
SoftwareSerial mySerial(2,3); // RX, TX for your module
void setup()
{
mySerial.begin(9600); // Set your buad rate
}
And you can also do without this library.
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600); // Set your baud rate
}
