ESPboy:Kit - do it yourself ESPboy gadget fot STEM/IT/IoT prototyping & retro gaming

for IT geeks, retro game fans, makers - to explore, create, learn, code & play

Highlights

• ESPboy:Kit, ESPboy:DIY and ESPboy are compatible
• Assembly video instruction
• Pre-beta version of ESPboy2 Review
• ESPboy Web AppStore by Steph
• ESPboy first experiments by Steph
• Getting started ESPboy instructions is also sutable for ESPboy:Kit
• Original YouTube videos
• Discord chat
• Community forum and chat
• Hackaday development log
• Genuine ESPboy software

Features

• WiFi access to WiFiAppStore and community support
• WebAppStore for uploading the games and apps using only a web browser
• 100% Arduino IDE compatible
• Prototyping and developing platform for makers and IoT experiments
• A retro game console (supports Little Game Engine, GameBoy, ZX Spectrum 48k, Arduboy games, CHIP8/SCHIP, Gamebuino META games, Pokitto games)
• Pentesters tool (WiFi analyzer/traffic sniffer/attacks detector)
• Extension attachable modules will be available soon (weather station, IR blaster, FM radio, MP3 player, LORA messenger, GPS navigator, GSM phone, Radio beacon, AY player, Sub1Ghz inspector, RFID/NFC reader, radio beacon, digital thermometer, digital ruler, heart rate monitor and much more...) or you can build them yourself using the instructions on GitHub and community support
• ESP8266 MCU (Xtensa Tensilica 32bit core, 160mHz, 4Mb internal flash, 80k RAM), WiFi, 8 buttons, RGB led, HQ speaker, extension header.

Notes

ESPboy:Kit edition for self-assembly You should have a little experience in electrical engineering and soldering to assemble and program the device yourself. Check the video instructions on how to do this.

Highlights

ATTACHABLE MODULES (products will be available later or can be assembled by yourself according to the instructions and community help, check ESPboy GitHub and YouTube)

• full keyboard
• weather station
• MP3 player
• FM radio
• LORA messenger
• GSM phone
• GPS navigator
• Web Radio
• DAC player
• radio beacon
• digital thermometer
• digital ruler
• heart rate monitor ...

PENTESTING & OFFENSIVE SECURITY

• WiFi packet inspector
• WiFi traffic monitor
• IP Pinger
• Deauther
• BadUSB
• RFID/NFC reader/cloner
• SUB-1Ghz inspector
• InfraRed blaster ...

GAME-DEV & PLAY

• ANARCH - 3D Doom-like game
• Little Game Engine web IDE
• ZX spectrum 48k
• GameBoy
• Chip8/Schip
• Arduboy compatibility
• Pokitto compatibility
• Gamebuino meta compatibility
• SegaVMU
• MicoJS
• Ardublock (change language in settings)

IoT & ONLINE SERVICES

• WiFi-IoT.com
• mysensors.org
• mydevices.com
• thingspeak.com
• cloudmqtt.com
• cloud.google.com
• hivemq.com...

CODING & PROTOTYPING

• MicoJS online IDE
• LGE- Little Game Engine online IDE
• Arduino IDE
• PlatformIO
• Espressif ESP SDK
• Micropython
• Lua
• Basic
• Visuino
• Fl-prog
• ArduBlock

MOBILE PHONE INTEGRATION

• blynk.io
• remoutexy.com

EXTENSION CONNECTOR

i2c, SPI, UART, ADC, i2s, LED out, MCP23017 GPIOs

SPECIFICATION

ESP8266, 160Mhz, 80Kb RAM, 4Mb internal flash, built-in WiFi, color LCD 128х128, LCD brightness DAC, RGB led, HQspeaker, 8 buttons

What you can do with ESPboy

Open Software

Make hardware research, understand the schematic, and improve it. Use as a platform for fast prototyping.

Arduino IDE, VS code/PlatformIO, MicroPython, and LUA compatible

Learn to code. Check all the ESPboy opensource software, improve it. Write your own applications in standard IDEs using a wide range of compatible libraries. Visual programming & firmware constructors

If you are new in coding, but full of ideas, try to draw your first program or use an online program constructor just selecting options or moving blocks: scratch.mit.edu, visuino, fl-prog, wifi-iot, mysensors.org

Online WiFiAppStore and WebAppStore

Update the firmware in a minute, WiFi AppStore by selecting the App from the list right on the ESPboy. No programming, buggy libraries, compilation, fighting the bugs, and wires. Little Game Engine web dev-kit, Arduboy library-port & ZX Spectrum, CHIP8/SCHIP, Game Boy emulators

Make your first game in a few hours using online web Little Game Engine IDE with the help of community, documentation, and samples. Play retro old games of your parent youth, touch the most famous platforms of the past, learn how emulation works. Explore the world of Arduboy: platform, community, and games.

Extension connector & gadget modules

All useful interfaces on the expansion connector: I2C, SPI, I2S, UART, ADC, MCP23017 GPIO expander.

Connect and control anything you want. The ideal prototyping mobile platform to test and improve your digital ideas. Turn your ESPboy to the fully functional gadget in a minute with a standard expansion module or make yourself unique. MP3 player, GSM phone, FM radio, GPS navigator, LORA messenger, DAC AY38910 player, radiation meter, weather station, heart rate monitor, digital thermometer, digital ruler, radio beacon. Play with it, understand the hardware, software, protocols, interfaces, create another one.

Pen-testing and offensive security modules

Research the protocols and make penetration tests of communication networks and security systems. WiFi attacks, storing your office cards RFID/NFC with its reading and emulation, storing iButton keys, remote control of the 433Mhz barriers, and garage doors, use as a universal IR remote control all of your devices, and play with BAD-USB payloads.

Internet of things and online services & mobile phone integration

Learn the world of IoT. Connect the home automation sensors and actuators. Control them all or make the ESPboy one of them. Using WiFi onboard, get the data from the net, provide remote wireless control and monitoring of your home, send telemetry data to the online databases and services like www.thingspeak.com, www.cloudmqtt.com, cloud.google.com, www.hivemq.com Take control of your ESPboy and other devices, connected to it with your smartphone. We are supporting blynk.io and RemoteXY.com

Connectivity

There is WiFi onboard. But thanks to attachable modules to expansion connector, you can attach any transceiver: HC-11 for UART 433Mhz (excellent to control your robot or rover), CC1101 for 315/433/868Mhz (for controlling garage doors and barriers), NRF24le01 for 2.4Ghz, HC-06 for Bluetooth, LORA modules and so on. Huge quantity of open-source libraries for Arduino IDE so you can compile the included example and test the module just after the connection. No need to learn the datasheet and then do low-level programming.

WiFiAppStore and WebAppStore - Get new Apps&Games in a minute

• Download Apps&Games from online ESPboy AppStore

• or compile original ESPboy's App sources from Github

• Use WebAppStore to upload Apps using your Chrome browser

Develop your own Apps&Games

Try electronics and programming a fun way and get kids interested, hack the world or impress it with your creativity.

• MicoJS online IDE

• Little game engine

• Arduboy

• Arduino

• Micropython

• LUA

• BASIC

• Scratch

• or other hundreds of available tools

Welcome for help, questions, and talks

• community forum

• discord chat

What's in the package?

• Main ESPboy:Kit PCB - 2 pieces
• Buttons - 8 pieces
• WeMos d1 mini MCU board - 1 piece
• LCD color display 128x128 ST7725 - 1 piece
• Chip MCP23017 GPIO extender - 1 piece
• Header 10x2/45-corner pins for extension modules - 1 piece
• RGB NEO LED - 1 piece
• Buzzer - 1 piece
• Buzzer capacitor - 1 piece
• Decoupling/bypass capacitor for MCP23017 - 1 piece
• Pull-up Resistors for I2C bus - 2 pieces
• Diode Schottky - 1 piece
• Variable resistor for regulating volume - 1 piece
• AAAx3 Battery case - 1 piece
• Power switch - 1 piece
• Brass columns - 4 pieces
• Brass screws - 4 pieces

you need to buy 3xAAA battaries to run your ESPboy, they are not included in the package

Specification

• ESP8266 MCU, 160Mhz, 32bit Tensilica Xtena, 4 flash, 80kB RAM )

• WiFi onboard for ESPboy AppStore2 access, multiplayer games, online cloud services, telemetry, and “over the air” updates

• TFT 1,44' 128х128 color display ST7735

• 8 buttons (6 at the front panel and 2 additional on the sides)

• MCP23017 i2c GPIO extender

• RGB WS2812B LED

• Buzzer

• Extension header for easy connection of sensors and actuators

Have fun with ESPboy:Kit!

Regards, Roman