A few days ago I came across the ESP8266 MikroE Buggy project.
In this project, a web server is implemented on the ESP8266 – similar to my blog Model Remote Control with Web browser. Using this concept, a browser based (and therefore operating system neutral) radio control could be easily made available. In this project, especially the HTML5 based user interface implementing a joystick caught my attention.
The software is open source and so I was able to change the program for use with a PiKoder/SSC wRX. Additionally, I adapted the code for controlling a ‘normal’ car or boat (one channel for speed, one channel for direction). The customized source code is available in a github repository.
The programming of the ESP8266 is also described in the web browser model remote control blog. An additional feature of the ESP8266 MikroE Buggy project is that the Arduino file system is used. The installation and use is described here.