# ESP8266 with node red

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp8266-with-node-red/30550
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**Created:** [22 July 2020 13:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp8266-with-node-red/30550 "2020-07-22T13:16:01Z")
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### Author: ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [23 July 2020 17:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp8266-with-node-red/30550/16 "2020-07-23T17:30:39Z")

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It would need to be the RPi-ZERO-W (as that is the version that has WiFi). Also need a router.

Although the RPi-Z-W is not as powerful as the Pi-3B it should handle the MQTT traffic from your SRF-04 or SRF-05 without any problems. My IoT students have one each and do all sorts of things with them.

> [@Raspberry Pi-Zero-W Mini-Tower](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-pi-zero-w-mini-tower/20217):
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> Just finished building a couple of mini-towers for my IoT Club. The idea is the towers can be kept in a cupboard at school and just brought out when I run the IoT Club. All I would need to do is plug the 6-port PSU into the mains and switch-on the Club's WiFi router. Should save a lot of time as previously I had to cobble together a number of Raspberry Pi(es),of various vintages, and then at the end of the session take the whole lot apart!!! [wifi\_1\_small] [wifi\_3\_small] [wifi\_2\_small] Tues…

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