But in some situations–for example, in classrooms–it is very attractive to have a chip that is directly mountable on a common breadboard. Even if you don’t mind using a development board ...

(Without Microcontroller Board) Breadboard and Power Supply Modules-Include various LEDs, resistors, buttons, capacitors, a few transistors and diodes etc. With jumper wire and Male-female dupont ...

The ESP-01 launched the ESP8266 revolution back in 2014, and while today you’re far more likely to see somebody use a later version of the chip in a Wemos or NodeMCU development board ...