Adafruit IO - WipperSnapper Beta

Adafruit.io allows you to monitor, interact with, and share your project's data in minutes.

Adafruit.io WipperSnapper is the firmware designed to turn any Wi-Fi capable board into an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. No code required!

WipperSnapper works with multiple microcontroller architectures such as ESP8266, ESP32, ESP32-S2, and ATSAMD51.

You will need a free Adafruit IO account to use WipperSnapper.

This software is in beta and is actively being developed. Please report bugs via the Adafruit IO Support Page.

Get Started

Learn how to install and use WipperSnapper by following this guide on the Adafruit Learning System - QuickStart: Adafruit IO WipperSnapper.

Get WipperSnapper

Pre-compiled binaries and UF2 files for supported hardware are provided on the releases page of this repository.

Supported Hardware

The following microcontrollers are supported by Adafruit WipperSnapper:

• Espressif ESP8266
• Espressif ESP32
• Espressif ESP32-S2
• Espressif ESP32-S3
• Microchip ATSAMD51 + AirLift WiFi Co-Processor

Contributing to Adafruit.io and WipperSnapper

If you have a sensor, input, or output you'd like to add Adafruit IO support for it - we have a guide for contributing a new sensor to Adafruit.io and WipperSnapper here.

If you have a WiFi-enabled development board with a compatible microcontroller (see: "Supported Hardware" section above) and would like to add Adafruit IO support for it - we have a guide for adding a new board to Adafruit.io and WipperSnapper here.

Building WipperSnapper with Arduino

If you would like to build and develop WipperSnapper locally, we suggest following the steps presented on the guide on this page.

(BETA) Building WipperSnapper with PlatformIO

We support building and locally testing WipperSnapper with the Platform IO IDE for Visual Studio Code. These instructions are subject to modification.

Platform IO Build Instructions

• Download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Code, PlatformIO IDE is built on top of it
• Follow the instructions on platformio's website to install the Platform IO IDE extension.
• Make a local clone of the Adafruit WipperSnapper Arduino repository on your computer.
• In platformio.ini file in the root of this repository, find the board you'd like to build WipperSnapper for. Change its upload_port and monitor_port to match your system.
• The platformio.ini file in the root of this repository includes multiple environments to build WipperSnapper for different boards. In the Platform IO toolbar, use the Project environment switcher to switch to the board you'd like to upload to.
• Open the examples/Wippersnapper_demo/Wippersnapper_demo.ino file.
• On the Platform IO toolbar, click the build (checkmark) button. If there are no build errors, click the upload (right arrow) button.
• WipperSnapper should be uploaded to your board. You may use the PlatformIO Serial Monitor to view WipperSnapper's debug output.