Buy It Now

• $5 on AliExpress
• $9 on Amazon

Opinions

• Pro - It’s narrow and has a breadboard-friendly form factor and pin layout
• Pro - It’s a popular and well-documented board
• Con - It must be hooked up to external parts for this tutorial

Setup Notes

• This board needs to be wired into a breadboard for this tutorial

Resources

• CNXSoft Article
  • Good overview of board features and pinout
• my2cents NodeMCU Comparison Blog Post
  • Review of different NodeMCU modules available on the market
• Official NodeMCU DevKit Documentation
  • All of the technical details of the NodeMCU module