Wireless development boards to connect the world

Abstract

Nowadays, Wireless applications are widely extended in the Scientific, Education and Hobbyist communities. The aim of this paper is to provide a review of some of the most popular boards which allow an ease way to develop a wide range of applications related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in an educational manner. Moreover, the scope is focused on those development boards which allow Wireless communications in order to perform Things which can be integrated into an Internet of Things environment. Arduino WiFi Shield, Arduino Yún Shield, Arduino MKR1000, NodeMCU ESP8266 and Onion Omega have been analyzed, compared and discussed. The analysis has been carried out attending on the Built-in Hardware, the Programmer Interface, the connection possibilities and the Developer Community which is behind the corresponding board.