topic I.MX6 Wifi connection with ESP32 through UART in i.MX Processors

I.MX6 Wifi connection with ESP32 through UART

massimopilia — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:23:25 GMT

nxp i.mx 6‌ uart‌ wifi‌ esp32‌ yocto linux‌

I'm developing a custom embedded Linux (yocto) device with an I.MX6 core processor and 1 GB RAM.

I need an internet connection but due to not enough physical space I can't use a simple wifi dongle via usb port.

So I want to connect an ESP32 through the UART such that the Linux device would see a network interface which would then drive the ESP32 (through UART) and the ESP32 would then use WiFi to connect to an access point.

I didn't choose a different communication protocol, such as spi, because the UART is enough fast for our purpose.

Any suggestion or example about how to drive the ESP32 through the UART?

Thanks in advance

Massimo Pilia

Re: I.MX6 Wifi connection with ESP32 through UART

igorpadykov — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:02:30 GMT

Hi Massimo

seems most simple way is to use uart as terminal

and use wifi arduino example

ESP32 Thing Hookup Guide - learn.sparkfun.com

Best regards
igor
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Re: I.MX6 Wifi connection with ESP32 through UART

bhagavankoppaka — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 04:41:50 GMT

hi massimo,

I too working on the same, I too struck up with that, if u done guide in that...