Native:

blink example

• tutorial for Windows

native driver for neopixel (but probably SPI works fine?)

• SPI approach (may require using GPIO13?)

MQTT with SSL installing the ESP OPEN SDK

creating setup() and loop() equivalents another example of the run loop and messaging examples of capsense and other standards 7 segment LED example

https://github.com/tuanpmt/esp_mqtt (mention of FOTA here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQs_7WIUEs)

FOTA: https://harizanov.com/2015/06/firmware-over-the-air-fota-for-esp8266-soc/

• circuit to program ESP-12e (and probably others)
• pin mapping Arduino IDE <--> NodeMCU
• Eagle library for ESP-12e
• ideas to eliminate resets
• flash memory replacement for ESP-12e
• inside the ESP-01 module

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/WS2812B-4pins-5050-SMD-WS2811-Individually-Addressable-Digital-RGB-LED-Chip-DC5V/32307431161.html