Hey folks,
Starting life with Arduino and can't seem to find what hardware/shields are directly supported by the plugin. I do see that NodeMCU is highly referenced, but it appears to be WiFi only (near as I can tell). I personally have a preference for wired ethernet since ensuring that this system is up 100% is important and WiFi (for a variety of reasons) has gone offline rarely but it does happen.
So my questions are:
- What are the "supported/tested" hardware that is known to work with the plugin (there are so many boards! :-)
- What are the "supported/tested" shields that are known to work with the plugin
- Are there any cases that fit the hardware? I realize that some folks use 1-gang or other type of boxes and that is an option but it wouldn't fit my installation particularly well and I really don't want a PC board hanging around/exposed.
I apologize if this seems obvious, but the info seems scattered around the board and not tied to any particular version of the plugin. I could just buy the NodeMCU but I'd like to get a better sense of what my options are and pick from that.
I am totally fine with Google searches, etc. to try and figure out pretty much anything... but that won't help from the "supported/tested" side of this. Also I'm not sure how compatible boards are - are they generally mix/match or is each Arduino board different enough that they won't plausibly work. I have enough experience with hardware to understand the issues, I just don't have any experience with Arduino to know how to proceed.
Thanks for any feedback.
Starting life with Arduino and can't seem to find what hardware/shields are directly supported by the plugin. I do see that NodeMCU is highly referenced, but it appears to be WiFi only (near as I can tell). I personally have a preference for wired ethernet since ensuring that this system is up 100% is important and WiFi (for a variety of reasons) has gone offline rarely but it does happen.
So my questions are:
- What are the "supported/tested" hardware that is known to work with the plugin (there are so many boards! :-)
- What are the "supported/tested" shields that are known to work with the plugin
- Are there any cases that fit the hardware? I realize that some folks use 1-gang or other type of boxes and that is an option but it wouldn't fit my installation particularly well and I really don't want a PC board hanging around/exposed.
I apologize if this seems obvious, but the info seems scattered around the board and not tied to any particular version of the plugin. I could just buy the NodeMCU but I'd like to get a better sense of what my options are and pick from that.
I am totally fine with Google searches, etc. to try and figure out pretty much anything... but that won't help from the "supported/tested" side of this. Also I'm not sure how compatible boards are - are they generally mix/match or is each Arduino board different enough that they won't plausibly work. I have enough experience with hardware to understand the issues, I just don't have any experience with Arduino to know how to proceed.
Thanks for any feedback.
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