Programming the Blynk firmware into the ESP8266 Communicating with the Blynk user interface from your custom code Neither of these are especially hard, as I’ll show you next time.

We’ve seen Blynk and ESP8266 used to control everything from mood lighting to clearance-rack robotic toys. It’s a powerful combination, and something to keep in mind next time you need to ...

Support for Spark Core and ESP8266 is also planned. Blynk is on Kickstarter now seeking $10,000 and has raised over $15,000 with 18 days to go.