ESPboy - homebrew gadget / development platform

Name: ESPboy - homebrew gadget / development platform
SKU: 23910
Price: 99.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.00 (2 reviews)

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Explore, create, learn, code & play with <AppStore> and community support

Retro games, IT/IoT, STEM, education and fun open source, portable, modular, Arduino IDE/PlatformIO compatible to explore, create, learn, code & play ESPboy, ESPboy:DIY, ESPboy:breadboard, ESPboy:Ki…

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, MicoJS IDE, Crisp Game Lib Portable)
Pentesters tool (WiFi analyzer/traffic sniffer/attacks detector)
Extension attachable modules (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...)
ESP8266 MCU (Xtensa Tensilica 32bit core, 160mHz, 4Mb internal flash, 80k RAM), WiFi, 8 buttons, RGB led, HQ speaker, extension header.

Notes

Rigorously tested and will work right out of the box
The only basic device without additional modules included
Preloaded with more than 30 Little Game Engine games
WiFiAppStore and WebAppStore access

Highlights

ATTACHABLE MODULES (could be assembled by yourself according to the instructions and community help, check ESPboy Discord, 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

and much more...

PENTESTING & OFFENSIVE SECURITY

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

and much more...

GAME-DEV & PLAY

IoT & ONLINE SERVICES

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

CODING & PROTOTYPING

MOBILE PHONE INTEGRATION

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 AppStore

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.

Explore and play original-retro & neo-retro games

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

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.

Welcome for help, questions, and talks

What's in the package?

Fully assembled and tested ESPboy gadget loaded with Little Game Engine games including built-in WiFi AppStore access App.

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
MCP4725 i2c DAC to control TFT backlit
RGB WS2812B LED
High-quality speaker
Extension header for easy connection of sensors and actuators

Have fun with the ESPboy!

Regards, Roman

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Shipments note

If by some chance you don't receive your ESPboy, I will send it again or make a 100% refund if you wish. You can track tracking here https://t.17track.net. But in 3 years of shipments about 300 units have been shipped and never once had a shipping/receipt issue.
Shipments are made twice a week
You are in charge of custom fees and taxes according to your country's local rules
Delivery could take up to 1 month
For questions please contact me via email, forum, or discord chat, or here at tindie.com, I'll answer in a couple of days

Thank you for your order, and supporting ESPboy project, investing in engineering creativity promotion.

Hope you'll have fun with ESPboy!

Regards, RomanS - ESPboy project developer.

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (5.00)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (5.00)

Bernard | March 4, 2024

Very cute retro-futuristic mini game computer.

Very cute retro-futuristic mini game computer. Really nicely laid out an assembled. PCB used as structural elements. A great pleasure to play with.

Response from ESPboy | March 5, 2024

Thank you very much for your kind review and support of the ESPboy project. I'm very glad that you had a pleasant experience with this device, I hope you can have even more pleasant experiences discovering all new features of ESPboy. Good luck and success in your engineering creativity!
Regards, Roman.

Stéphane | Aug. 2, 2022

A versatile handheld to learn and create while having fun.

It's been a year since I ordered my first ESPboy2, and I think it's time to give my opinion on this little jewel.

First of all, I would like to thank Roman, its creator, for his kindness, availability, and all the energy he puts on to make his project evolve by proposing unceasingly new experiments around this fantastic handheld.

The ESPboy2 is just amazing! And this new hardware version of the ESPboy is neat and much better than the first version. I bought a second one to make it communicate with the first one! And I even hope to see one day an ESPboy3.

I'm not going to remind you of all the possibilities this handheld offers as they are already widely described in the product presentation. But I'm going to add some details.

Beyond the hardware and electronic realization which fascinates me, I'm a developer, and it is under this angle I approached the discovery of the ESPboy. I had never developed on ESP8266 before, but I must say that you learn very quickly and that this microcontroller has all the qualities required to offer you incredible possibilities of experimentation and thousands of hours of pleasure before you've done the trick of the ESPboy.

You can go from programming video games to making tools for IoT or electronics. ESPboy's crafted with STEAM education in mind. If you're a parent, look no further if you want to give your kids something that could change their lives. It's a good gift for a teenager who wants to discover the world of science and technology, electronics, and robotics. All this through programming. And it's not too late for older kids :-)

If you are a fan of retro video games and want to play games developed for other platforms such as the ZX Spectrum, the Gameboy, the Arduboy or the Gamebuino META, and even the CHIP8 virtual machine on a single device, you need an ESPboy!

If you feel like a tinkerer and want to create tools for music, radio, wireless communication networks, or for IoT in general by collecting data from scattered sensors, you need an ESPboy!

Yes, you can do all this with this small but powerful handheld!

I want to specify that all the projects developed for the ESPboy are Open Source.

To make it easier to use the ESPboy with a reliable and efficient development environment, I have developed a software library that should help you to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by this handheld. Come and discover the ESPboy library:

=> https://m1cr0lab-espboy.github.io/ESPboy/

You have the choice to develop with the development environment of your choice:
- the Arduino IDE, which is very common in the Makers' world,
- the PlatformIO IDE is much more advanced and particularly adapted to microcontroller programming.

This library allows you to easily control the handheld through a clear and straightforward API, control the display on the TFT screen, apply colored effects to the NeoPixel RGB LED, or read the push buttons status of the ESPboy. In addition, it offers a few examples of use that will allow you to get to grips with it quickly.

Many applications already exist for the ESPboy. Roman has developed a WiFi client that allows you to access a dedicated AppStore directly from the ESPboy so you can easily browse the available applications and install the ones you want.

To extend the connectivity of the AppStore, I have developed in parallel an online web version, which allows you to browse and install applications directly from your Internet browser. This alternative offers you a more adapted and much faster ergonomics to discover and install all the applications you want. This web version of the AppStore is still in the demo stage, but it will soon evolve into a full-fledged tool with a more polished user interface:

=> https://espboy.m1cr0lab.com/demo/appstore/

In general, you can follow everything that's happening around ESPboy on the following sites:

=> https://www.espboy.com/
=> https://community.espboy.com/

Roman has also set up a Discord server which allows all those who wish to come and get information from the community of ESPboy users or to share their experiments:

=> https://discord.gg/9GQ8kBHh

Honestly, don't hesitate to order the ESPboy! It's just great. You won't regret your purchase.

Feel free to glance at this illustrative review which briefly and effectively presents the ESPboy:

=> https://youtu.be/kh-U0U2xn4o

Response from ESPboy | Nov. 17, 2023

Hi Steph!
I have just discovered the ability to leave comments on reviews and I hasten to thank you for such a detailed and heartfelt review.
I am very pleased that you liked the project and thank you very much for your contribution to the popularisation and development of engineering creativity.
I hope that many enthusiasts and hobbyists will join our hobby and ESPboy project and will get a lot of pleasure from fiddling with this device and from communication in ESPboy community.

Regards,
Roman