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AprilBrother

2,812 orders since Mar 04, 2015

Beijing, Beijing, China

Ships from China.

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Welcome to our store. Regular shipping takes about 15-28 days deliver, Any question, please feel free to contact us. skype: aprilbeacon Wechat：13661293819

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Review Breakdown

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Average Ratings

Product: (4.49)

Documentation: (3.68)

Shipping: (4.66)

Communication: (4.29)

All Reviews

Emmanuel | March 16, 2017

Snappyness rocks but antenna has a weak reception

For ESPea32 ESP32 Dev Board

The reception suffers from interferences and the antenna is not completely ouside the board as suggested by espressif in the chapter 3.2 of the documentation.

Comparing wifiscan results (amount of APs and RSSI) between ESP32 and ESP8266 clearly shows that the reception is worse on the ESP32.

See this model as a good positioning example : https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/12663778/23484771/028de710-fee1-11e6-9822-fd08b8f1aeca.jpg the antenna is well outside the PCB, free from interferences.

I'll still recommend this model over the others, because the difference is not dramatical (20% at most) and the snappy part of the board is really an excellent idea for practical use.

Maximilian | Jan. 31, 2017

Pro Mini-sized Protoboard

For One Tiny Double Side Thru-Hole Prototype PCB Board

It's Pro Mini-sized.
Do we need any more explanation?
The size is enough for a few headers and some pullup/pulldown components,
so it's easy to build smaller sensor boards based on the pro mini-/pro micro-form factor.
I used it to make several small pro mini-shields for various sensors like mq-X's and bmpXXX's.


Richard | Jan. 29, 2017

Time saver

For ESPea Relay Shield

Great idea implemented well. Saves a lot of time and trouble setting up a test circuit.
Just wish they offered one with ESP already connected and coded. ;-)

Víctor | Jan. 24, 2017

Great product, security shippinng

For BlueDuino Rev2 Arduino Compatible

Very good Product, micro+ble in, firmware Zerobacon in continuos process adaptation. April great support

Emmanuel | Dec. 8, 2016

Thanks for this nice product

For ESPea Mini ESP8266 Dev Kit

Very good temperature sensor. Works well. Good design. Easy to use.

Bug in the soft for negative temperatures (below zero deg C). I have to do (temp-256) to get the right value.

Chang Wenn | Dec. 1, 2016

Working Well

For Evil Crow RF V2 RF Transceiver RF

Received it very fast and all working well, test the provided arduino library, working well.
I asked some question in the forum, the reply speed also very fast
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Response from AprilBrother | July 11, 2024
Really Appreciated your feedback, we will do better. Any inquiry, please feel free to contact us: zhengzeyi@aprbrother.com

Manuel | Dec. 1, 2016

Excellent piece of hardware (again)

For ESP Flasher Rev4

Rev4 is really good. I also considered Rev3 very good. This one has a small form factor and supports more modules.
It's recognized by both Windows and Mac automatically. Works with nodeMCU compatibility - no need for more!
Will definitely buy again.

Hans | Nov. 24, 2016

not working

For APlant Soil Moisture sensor

Not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working, not working,
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Response from AprilBrother | Dec. 6, 2016
Could you please provide more details? thank you

Emmanuel | Nov. 16, 2016

Code not compile

For ESP Soil Moisture Sensor Rev 2.1

Hello,

Code not compile so difficult to understand without a working example.
Code should be updated in GitHub.

Could you please give me more information. I also raised an issue on GitHub.

Thanks

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Response from AprilBrother | Nov. 16, 2016
I've replied to at GitHub. Please check that issue.

Thank you.

Ben | Nov. 9, 2016

Not able to re-flash with my own firmware

For ESP Soil Moisture Sensor Rev 2.1

Haven't been able to re-flash the moisture sensor with my own firmware. The instructions are incomplete or just plain don't work. Do I need to manually pull GPIO0 low or is there a button/switch I can use? No matter what I do with the jumper and button on the board I can't get it to enter bootstrap mode.

As a result I haven't been able to get the sensor to work at all.
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Response from AprilBrother | Nov. 16, 2016
Did you remove the jumper for GPIO16 first? The jumper is used for deep sleep. You can find a note about "remove the jumper first before upload firmware" at our wiki. You can also contact us at our support forum. http://bbs.aprbrother.com/c/wifi

Muhammad Ridwan | Nov. 7, 2016

good stuff

For BlueDuino Rev2 Arduino Compatible

Fast shipping process, item arrived safely in box. The item is easy to use. thank you. will buy more other time

Prabhakar | Sept. 12, 2016

Good to work with

For YuePixels WiFi LED Driver

Best experience working with Yancan. I get the answer as early as possible.Ive placed few more orders.

Segundo | Sept. 6, 2016

Useful product. Yo can easilly flash your ESP8266.

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

Works well and you can use Arduino IDE with the ESP-01. Flash with a touch.
I think rev.3 could have ftdi integrated.

Segundo | Sept. 6, 2016

Useful product. Yo can easilly flash your ESP8266.

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

Works well and you can use Arduino IDE with the ESP-01. Flash with a touch.
FTDI integrated is very confortable.

František | Aug. 22, 2016

ESPea Mini ESP8266 Dev Kit

For ESPea Mini ESP8266 Dev Kit

Fast delivery, flashed without any problems, 100% working and WEMOS compatible, FLASH button = USER button is good advantage, also CP2104 USB-Serial converter working in high speed is excellent.

Fredrik | Aug. 21, 2016

Fully satisfied - awesome support too!

For ESPea Mini ESP8266 Dev Kit

I originally sat down with the product thinking that I did something wrong, even though I followed the documentation - it turned out my device was DOA. I sent a message to AprilBrothers and received an answer faster than I actually expected; after a bit of troubleshooting I had a new board on the way, and after receiving it I quickly found it working as described - 100% satisfied, would recommend.

Manuel | July 20, 2016

Product works very well

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

The first unit I ordered was broken - would be recognized by the computer but wouldn't power the ESP module.
Seller was very fast in answering my request for help and after a quick troubleshooting immediately sent a new one.
I received the new model and it worked flawlessly. I ordered two more!

Josh | May 24, 2016

Great board!

For BlueDuino Rev2 Arduino Compatible

This is a great little board; works well. Great customer support. Nice and compact. Fast shipping too.

John | May 3, 2016

Great Little Module

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

A really little module combining Arduino and the ESP8266. Only really two things I can fault with it:
1. Documentation - someone really has to up a fully verified step by step set of instructions to get the module up and running with AT firmware. I wasted almost 2 days on countless websites, and finally got some tips from the supplier.

2. Overheating. The esp8266 module seems to run really hot. It works fine, but the reliability has got to be seriously reduced by this heating effect.

Kent | April 13, 2016

As espected

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

Product performs as expected. Delivery and communication very good. I have rated the documentation 5 stars but it is not needed and i have not looked for it.

Martin | Feb. 25, 2016

Really nice unit to allow development of IoT things

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

I have had a lot of fun developing using the Cactus Micro Rev2. I'm using the ESP8266 as the communication agent (running ESP8266Arduino and using MQTT) and then will be using the regular Arduino (Atmel processor) for the physical I/O processing.

If you are using this module make sure yet get familiar the cactus-hw-serial and cactus-esp-programmer sketches to enable you to update and manipulate the ESP firmware and processor

Nicolas | Feb. 19, 2016

Great product

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

I bought this product because the ESP8266 is not very convenient to program. You can find tutorials on the Internet, or advanced boards including the ESP8266 but except the NodeMCU, I didn't find one allowing to flash the ESP8266 without pushing a button or adding external components.
The ESP8266 Flasher Rev2 solve all these problems. You just plug your ESP01 module, select NodeMCU in the Arduino IDE and you can program your ESP8266 like a standard Arduino. And you can also use it as a serial monitor.
You can also program other modules: for example, I tested it with the MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV from Olimex. Of course, you cannot plug directly this module in the flasher, but using a few wires makes it work. And it works also as a serial monitor.
Really great.

Gonnet | Dec. 17, 2015

Super

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

Exactly what I was looking for, received on a robust packaging. More tutorials would be a great thing to help appropriation of this board ;)

Hemant | Nov. 22, 2015

Great Product

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

I have ordered four of these products with 2 different orders. Both orders arrived on time and was surprising how little the shipment cost was, knowing the product came all the way from China. I was able to solder the pins to the board and use them using the Arduino IDE on Windows as well as iMac. It is a great value for money with the WiFI chip and Arduino board all in one. The mini-USB cables were also very robust and work great!

Mike | Nov. 20, 2015

Excellent!

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

Very capable little board. In case you have issues with wi-fi just try the espduino firmware. Totally recommended!

Sarl 3Wg | Nov. 3, 2015

Nice little board

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

Nice little board the downside is very poor documentation

@trevor can you please share the code for your rest api test with firefox (regarding your comment)

James | Oct. 8, 2015

Great product, and shipping

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

The documentation could use a little work, but otherwise its a great, small wifi Arduino. The shipping communication said I could track the package, but there was no tracking number, but otherwise the shipping was very fast.

Trevor | Oct. 4, 2015

This is a very valuable addition to microprocessor WIFI.

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

I appreciate the utter simplicity of the Cactus. To work with the ESP8266 module you need either two RS232 ports or software and hardware ports. The Cactus has two serial ports so communicating to the WIFI via serial AT commands is very simple ( read Serial, write Serial1). Implementing a server is a few AT commands and Cactus can be an access point or both server and AP. I did have trouble finding documentation although the Github ESP8266 library has some good discussions, but not targeted to the Cactus. The Cactus programs via Arduino (1.0.5 to 1.6.5) as an Arduino Lilypad and examples written for other Arduinos ( such as Github for the Pro ) only need the software port references replaced by Serial1( Serial is the USB computer port, Serial1 is the Cactus direct hardware port to the ESP8266) to function straight off. Firefox talks fine to a Cactus server as a quick check of function.

A really simple, very welcome addition to the WIFI/IOT stable, small, low-power and cheap as!

I-H. | Sept. 21, 2015

Good!

For TinyESP ESP8266 Breadboard Adapter

I've tried it for compile & upload code by Arduino IDE 1.6.x.
Amazingly that I can use it alone without any Arduino, but run Arudino code on it.
But that's my current status, I'd try it more after my ongoing project is done.
Thanks.

I-H. | Sept. 21, 2015

Good!

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

I feel it's better than Rev. 1.
1) The pin connection is fixed.
2) It's hardware uart not software uart solution.
Good!

I-Horng | Sept. 21, 2015

Good & quick to receive it!

For BlueDuino Rev2 Arduino Compatible

Not tested yet, for I'm busy for other stuff.
IotT things are just amazing.
Thanks anyway.
Bye-bye! :-)

Marcel | Sept. 20, 2015

Works OK, just as expected. Easy.

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

Use it for small devices in my home that are connecter to internet to show stuf on small OLEd displays.

Marcel | Sept. 10, 2015

Vversatile

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

Very useful and complete product. I use it to program ESP8266 modules. Since I have this module I also experimented flashing new firmware in my ESP modules. This module allows you to that real easy (flash jumper).
The best part of this product is how vertasile it is, because it supports all different kind of ESP modules. Even ones that I do not own yet, but now I'm able to use these at a later stage.

Scott | Aug. 29, 2015

Great little board for esp8266 prototyping

For TinyESP ESP8266 Breadboard Adapter

I'd bought a few ESP8266 boards with an aim to use them for small IoT projects that don't require all the features of a Particle Proton (or similar) but with them not coming in a breadboard friendly format it's always been a bit fiddly and so I never really got around to using them. This little adapter board makes them a breeze to prototype with and doesn't add much to their already tiny size. I had no issues soldering on my existing esp8266 boards, then installed NodeMCU and was off hacking.
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