I want to build a simple app for controlling my esp8266 controlled drone, i tried searching but couldnt find any resource pls help

[Liitle_seer]

I tried searching on the net but cant find any resource pls help i want to build it for my project.

[Juan_Antonio]

To control drone I think it is better radio frequencies.

Radio Frequency modules. Arduino. Bluetooth HC-06. FM

Hello friends, I would like to share my experience with some radio frequency modules. These modules are very cheap, use ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) frequency bands and can be programmed with Arduino. Here I will just show basic codes, you can find more information on other websites. I will follow this index: 1.- AM. 2.- FM Transmitter. KT0803K. 3.- FM kit. Solder electrical components. 4.- Remote Control, 6 channels. 5.- Radio Frequency 433 MHZ. ASK 6.- Radio Frequency sta…

https://community.appinventor.mit.edu/t/radio-frequency-hc-12-arduino-bluetooth-hc-06/60935

[Liitle_seer]

i know radio frequency is better but its my school project and want to control it using wifi from a slef made app. So how do i make it?Pls help

[Juan_Antonio]

What model of ESP8266 do you have?

ESP8266-1

ESP8266 Android MIT App Inventor Tutorial | Random Nerd Tutorials

ESP8266-12

App Inventor sends information to ESP8266 by WiFi

Hello friends, 1.- Send message and view it on an LCD screen. 1.- You write a message in TexBox1 and it is sent by WiFi to ESP8266, that message is shown on the LCD screen. 2.- If you write on5, off5, on6, off6, LEDs 5 or 6 turn on/off. [esp8266_kio4] ``` // Juan A. Villalpando. // KIO4.COM // Send a message // from App Inventor #include <ESP8266WiFi.h> const char* ssid = "Name_Net_WiFi"; const char* password = "Password_WiFi"; // Static IP. IPAddress local_IP(192, 168, 1, 12); …

ESP32 is similar to ESP8266-12

ESP32. WiFi. WebServer. LED on/off. Static IP. Soft Access Point

Hello friends, I’ll write in this topic about WiFi on ESP32, LED on/off, Static IP, SoftAP,… 0.- Board D1 R32 ESP32. This is a cheap card ($ 5) with the dimensions and shape of the Arduino UNO, but with the ESP32. I used this card in the ESP32 and BLE tutorials. [esp322pin_h] Search images: D1 R32 ESP32 This card has classic Bluetooth, BLE, WiFi, ADC, DAC, and more feature. This card can be programmed with the Arduino IDE. [base64_11]

[Liitle_seer]

I have an ESP8266 module and want to build an app like that od dji tello to control my esp drone

[Juan_Antonio]

What model is your ESP8266 module?

Can you put a picture of your module here?

[Liitle_seer]

Its ESP 12E

[Liitle_seer]

[Juan_Antonio]

Is it soldered to any card?
Example:

[Liitle_seer]

it is soldered to custom build pcb

[Liitle_seer]

pls help me i am really stuck on this past 2 3 weeks i just want to make a simple app to control drone over wifi

[Juan_Antonio]

you need a UART to USB converter, to connect it to the PC and use the Arduino IDE.

Programming ESP8266 ESP-12

[Liitle_seer]

i know that but i want to build an app to control the drone how do i do that?

[Juan_Antonio]

Are the mobile/tablet with the app and the drone with the ESP8266 connected to the same WiFi Router?

Connect two LEDs to the ESP8266 and try to turn them on/off, similar to this code.

ESP32. WiFi. WebServer. LED on/off. Static IP. Soft Access Point

5.- App sends on/off LED12 and LED14. WiFi. WebServer. Static IP. p125_wemos_led2.aia (2.4 KB) ESP32 is a Station, client of Router. Static IP 192.168.1.115 Web Server, port 80. LED12, LED14 on/off Check status LEDs. [esp32_led_wifi] [esp32_led_wifi2] // Juan A. Villalpando. // KIO4.COM // Enciende y apaga LED. Botones. #include <WiFi.h> const char* ssid = "Nombre_red_WiFi"; const char* password = "contraseña_red"; // Setting Static IP. IPAddress local_IP(192, 168, 1, 115); …

Change #include <WiFi.h
by ```
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

[Liitle_seer]

i want to makeeeee an app

[David_Elias_Flores_E]

Greetings.

1. What do You want to control?
2. Would You use buttons, slider; WHAT ??
3. Draw a basic "screen", and put there what control would You goint to use.
4. At mit inventor, build as well as You draw in step 3.
5. You also, have to make a "table of commands", ie, message "$a0" for ON (NO DATA) OR "$B3,123,122" for other command with values: 123,122, etc, WHATEVER You want, YOU ARE the designer.. You can do EVERYTHIN You want, otherwise.....

[ChrisWard]

@Liitle_seer

i want to makeeeee an app

Hello Little_seer

Nobody here is stopping you. If you hit a specific issue, we are here to help - but we are not going to create an entire App for you. If you search this forum you will find examples.

Sit down with a sheet of paper and work out what functions are required and how best to layout the GUI.

[Liitle_seer]

could you just guide me how to make one pls

[Stephen_Adams]

The problem is that MIT refuse to integrate WIFI with MIT inventor. You can program up the ESP directly connecting the Arduino to the ESP board, BUT once the code is loaded you need to login using wifi and send commands to get it respond.
I can do this via a laptop, but not via an android running an app from MIT inventor, as there is no communications protocol to send command data to the wifi interface on the android operating system.
I have raised this with them and they have pointed to an extension, but it does not do the job.

[ChrisWard]

@Stephen_Adams

The problem is that MIT refuse to integrate WIFI with MIT inventor.

How is that Stephen? Have you not seen the several examples by Juan Antonio using App Inventor's web component?