DataArt, the global technology consultancy that designs, develops and supports unique software solutions, announced today its partnership with Espressif Systems, a provider of IoT technology that builds the widely popular ESP8266 and ESP32 chips.

DataArt develops and commercially supports an open source IoT data platform DeviceHive that provides the infrastructure for building scalable and secure IoT solutions across a number of industries including automotive, utilities and smart environments.

As a result of the partnership DataArt developed a custom DeviceHive firmware for ESP8266 chips, that enables zero-configuration …

This article describes how to build devices based on ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC using the DeviceHive firmware with the embedded web interface.

We just updated our firmware for ESP8266 to version 0.5 and this version has plenty of new features to use in local networks. If you are not aware, the DeviceHive firmware for ESP8266 connects your device to a cloud using a DeviceHive server. So the firmware allows controlling hardware connected to the chip’s pins via cloud services. With the latest version it’s possible to …