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AprilBrother

2,764 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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Product: (4.52)

Documentation: (3.70)

Shipping: (4.67)

Communication: (4.30)

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Dimitar | Oct. 3, 2024

Good product, works great

For Evil Crow RF V2 RF Transceiver RF

Everything came nicely packaged, the unit works as expected both with the stock firmware and with a custom one. All radio modules on the board are functional.
Shipping to Bulgaria took a little over 20 days.

Bruce | July 11, 2024

Inserted SD card w/files, Did OTA upgrade - All works fine!

For Evil Crow RF V2 RF Transceiver RF

I first thought I received a version that did not have a place to insert an SD card. But then I realized that the USB plug had a slot when an SD card is inserted. I have never seen this before.I think this should be documented better.

I loaded the proper files onto an SD card, inserted it into my laptop, and logged onto the server. I then used the OTA update mechanism to upgrade to the V1.3.2 firmware. All seems to work properly now.

I have purchased several products from AprilBrothers - highly recommended.
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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

Jordan | Aug. 24, 2023

Great value for what you're getting!

For Cactus WHID: WiFi HID Injector USB Rubberducky

One of the cheapest options Ive found for HID spoofing and it has everything you'll need to dive in. Shipping took some time but not unusual for the distance/price.

Steven | April 3, 2020

It works Awesome!

For Cactus WHID: WiFi HID Injector USB Rubberducky

The shipping was a little bit long but that absolutely okay for the price! The Documentation is well and the device works as it should!

Steven | March 17, 2020

Works great

For Cactus WHID: WiFi HID Injector USB Rubberducky

Does what it is supposed to do. The customer service was great as well. Very quick response to any of my questions.

Martin | Nov. 17, 2019

Working usb

For Cactus WHID: WiFi HID Injector USB Rubberducky

Perfectly working like it should be. No instruction included with the usb but you can find it easyly on the web.

Andres | June 27, 2018

Really cool little sensor, fantastic support

For ESP Soil Moisture Sensor Rev 2.1

The sensor seems to work well for now. The only thing missing is a weather-proof case, but that is clearly just not included.

Manish | May 16, 2018

Excellent! Supports auto-reset even fro ESP-01!

For ESP Flasher Rev4

Excellent! Supports auto-reset even fro ESP-01! I don't need to keep changing jumpers to switch modes anymore (for use within Arduino IDE)

Christopher | March 31, 2018

Exactly What I Expected

For Cactus WHID: WiFi HID Injector USB Rubberducky

This showed up quickly and it was exactly as described. It works as expected and it's well-built too. Thanks.

Helio | Jan. 8, 2018

Programing ESP8266

For ESP Flasher Rev4

The seller sent very fast. The product is very usefull, thank you. Its very easy to use, and has too many information at internet.

Warren | Oct. 22, 2017

ESP Flasher Rev4 Works Great!

For ESP Flasher Rev4

I was up in no time!

After adding 'http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json' to my Additional Boards URLs in the Arduino IDE, then adding the esp boards and selecting 'Node MCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)' I was able to program a test WifiScan sketch by selecting 'USBtinyISP' as the programmer. The USB/serial interface makes it super easy to debug programs because you can view the RX/TX with a serial monitor.
I also appreciate that it came professionally packaged in an anti-static bag. :) Thanks.

David | Aug. 31, 2017

Brilliant device - made my life a lot easier.

For ESP Flasher Rev4

The new version fits my breadboard and makes flashing the small ESP8266 based boards a very easy process. Having a button to press to go into program mode is a must have feature, easier than using a bit of wire!
Reasonable documentation explains how to use it.
Fast delivery and a sensible price makes this a must have tool for anyone who uses small ESP8266 based boards.
Recommended

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Josh | July 16, 2017

Nice board, thoughtful design

For ESPea32 ESP32 Dev Board

I really like these ESP32 boards. The layout is very thoughtful with the break-off section in case I don't need everything out there. It worked on the first try with esptool and the latest esp-idk software. They came quickly, maybe a week or so after ordering from CN to US.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Alexandre | Aug. 13, 2015

Everything working great documentation is a

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

This little board is amazing, wifi and keyboard + mouse "emulation" allows one to think about a lot of crazy things that could be done.
The documentation is not completly noobs friendly and their website is sometimes quite slow or even not responding. Anyway I had reflashed the esp and was sending packets to the "interwebs" in after 30 min, but then again I'm also not a completely noob.

I suggest people using this to have a look at espduino and this example https://github.com/tuanpmt/espduino/blob/master/espduino/examples/rest/rest.ino

Joe | Aug. 4, 2015

Excellent USB adapter for ESP8266

For ESP8266 Flasher Rev2

This is exactly what I was looking for. It combines an USB adapter with an ESP8266 adapter and supplies enough current for programming the ESP8266 flash memory. I just wish the jumper configuration for "regular operation vs flash- programming" was opposite to what it is. Currently, we have to remove the jumper for regular operation, which is inconvenient since we could easily lose the jumper. Flash programming is done less frequently, so removing the jumper for that would make it convenient.

Daniel | July 26, 2015

Pretty happy

For Cactus Micro Rev2 Arduino compatible plus esp8266

I'm satisfied with the Cactus Micro v2. It was delivered quickly (shipped Monday, delivered that Friday to the UK). The boards seem to work well, although I've changed the firmware of the ESP to NodeMCU, rather than use the AT-based default firmware. I plan to use them as a "remote keyboard/mouse", so would be happier with an A-type USB connector, but the micro-USB is probably more suited to general use.
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Response from AprilBrother | July 27, 2015
We're waiting for you new great project!

I-Horng | June 16, 2015

Good

For Cactus Micro Arduino compatible plus WIFI esp8266

1. It takes me couple days to accomplish the testing, I mean the document is not enough and I finally find more on Sparkfun site for my need.
2. ESP8266 uses software AP technique, so its speed may not be very fast for all application. But for my case, it's fast enough.

Marc | May 26, 2015

product & shipping perfect, lacks documentation

For BlueDuino Rev2 Arduino Compatible

Hi AB

The shipping was extremely fast and products are working as expected, though i was just playing around with example controlling led & servos. via iphone.

Arduino code is pretty much uncommented and ios code as well. It's working but it would be quite nice if there would exist a simple step-by-step introduction on how to accomplish basic phone connection and use some static buttons and sliders to control pins. I somehow started to understand how communication is working but it would be helpful to start with the basics explained. The example is nice to test if the chip, pins & connection is working, but it needs lot's of digging in the code to achieve some minimal interactions from scratch.

the wifi shield is easier to unterstand because it's basically arduino code and not much more. the blueduino starts to get interesting with phone connection (for example) and therefore the documentation should be more in depth, i think.

I'll try to come up with a more simplistic example on my own and will publish on github, guess other beginners in ios coding would appreciate this as well.

Furthermore for both cactus micro arduino (wifi shield) and blueduino there is no eagle library. we did one now for the cactus ourselves and will publish it soon (if ok with you). nevertheless this would be a huge benefit if this things would be included in the documentation. schematics are there but why no layout/library of the board?

I guess the better the documentation and maybe ease of use of libraries get the more interesting the product will become for beginners, educational purposes etc. Especially because it's one of the best value products in this field and if the documentation improves i think sales will benefit heavily.

Hope this input was helpful.

Best
Marc

Aaron | April 27, 2015

Pleasantly surprised. Nice little controller + WiFi

For Cactus Micro Arduino compatible plus WIFI esp8266

I thought it was going to take a month to get to me, since it was from China. I was wrong! It came in just a few days. This is a neat and capable little package. It's not as powerful or convenient as developing on the Electric Imp platform. But it is cheap and it works. The only problem I found is that the ESP8266 ships with the older firmware, which has a bug that locks the module up. But, not big a deal, thanks to a really handy "hidden feature" of the Cactus Micro package -- the Arduino board can control the ESP8266 module. Specifically, there is an 'Enable' pin that I use to power-cycle the ESP8266 whenever it got stuck. So even if you run into problems, the package gives you a way to automatically recover from it. After that hack, my Cactus is like the Terminator, it goes down sometimes but it always comes back up and keeps transmitting data.

Joe | April 20, 2015

Good vendor, OK product, one glitch.

For Cactus Micro Arduino compatible plus WIFI esp8266

I received two units, shipping time was faster than I expected coming to USA from China. First inspection showed a well built device, with the ESP8266 daughter board atop the Arduino compatible motherboard. This is interesting because it allows for the use of the ESP8266 board without the Arduino, if that's desired. The micro usb plug is solid. I spent a week trying to get the Arduino to talk to the ESP through the SoftwareSerial interface as described in the documentation. I did use the recommended Arduino IDE, version 1.0.6. I tried three or four different SoftwareSerial libraries, but none worked. So I contacted the vendor, aprilbrother, who responded within a few hours with the suggestion to increase the Software Serial library buffer size. This didn't work. He then suggested to switch over to the uart interface. This required cutting two tiny jumpers on the back of the board, and connecting the alternate jumpers with solder. No problems there. After this change, everything worked as expected. I was able to create a simple sketch that takes input from the Serial Monitor and sends it to the ESP, as well as send information over the wifi, and receive information from the wifi. I can easily connect to my router, create a tcp client, a tcp server, and deliver info to a browser via http on request. The ESP is flashed for a 9600 baud uart speed. The ATmega32U4 has only 2.5K bytes of RAM, which is used for the stack, strings, and variables, so buffer sizes are somewhat limited. The vendor provides basic documentation for his device, but more is needed. It's available, but takes considerable searching to pull it all together. I'm disappointed that the Software Serial interface didn't work. It would pull up to a hundred characters from the ESP, but then would seem to lose synchronization and deliver gibberish. Same effect if I increased the buffer size to 256. Long commands back to the ESP didn't work either, but short ones did. If you don't need the uart for your application, then it's not an issue. For me, the Serial1 interface has more functionality than Software Serial, so I like it better anyway. Overall, this is a great device if you need small size, short messages back and forth, you're not afraid to solder, and you're willing to do the work to find all the documentation you need. Also, if you're going for a low power application, this device would work if you remove the power on led.
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