diy-devices.com
Evaluating wifi modules for DIY devices. | DIY Devices
http://diy-devices.com/2015/01/evaluating-wifi-modules-for-diy-devices
DIY Devices is a collection of 'consumer' electronic devices you can make yourself using off-the-shelf electronic components and digital fabrication. This website was created by David A. Mellis. Evaluating wifi modules for DIY devices. This seems to be a popular option. There’s a breakout board from both Adafruit. Along with Arduino shields and Arduino libraries from each. The module itself is small, although not that cheap ( $23 on SparkFun. For a version that seems to work. Roving Networks WiFly Modules.
hackaday.com
New Chip Alert: The ESP8266 WiFi Module (It’s $5) | Hackaday
http://hackaday.com/2014/08/26/new-chip-alert-the-esp8266-wifi-module-its-5
August 24, 2016. New Chip Alert: The ESP8266 WiFi Module (It’s $5). August 26, 2014. Every so often we run across something in the Hackaday tip line that sends us scurrying to Google, trying to source a component, part, or assembly. The ESP8266 WiFi module. Is the latest, made interesting because it pretty much doesn’t exist outside China. Why is it cool? It’s a WiFi module with an SOC, making it somewhat similar to TI’s CC300. In conception (A.K.A. the thing that makes the Spark Core. Something with one...
