# Node-red-mcu-plugin v1.0: Integrating Node-RED MCU Edition into the Node-RED editor
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693
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**Created:** [25 December 2022 19:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693 "2022-12-25T19:56:53Z")
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [13 October 2023 14:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/202 "2023-10-13T14:28:32Z")
Yes, I have used that node extensively.
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### Author:  [@phoddie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/phoddie)
#### Post date: [13 October 2023 18:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/203 "2023-10-13T18:25:11Z")
Thanks @ralphwetzel and @jmorris644. That looks like the place to start. That looks reasonably similar to the TCP nodes. I'd probably start with the Serial In and Serial Out nodes, leaving the more complex Serial Request for later.
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [13 October 2023 18:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/204 "2023-10-13T18:37:18Z")
In and Out would be awesome. Personally I have never used the Request node.
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### Author:  [@phoddie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/phoddie)
#### Post date: [13 October 2023 19:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/205 "2023-10-13T19:42:03Z")
That's great to know, thank you. I'll find some time to start scoping out the Serial In and Out nodes. Just understanding the options and how they work in various combinations can be a small adventure.
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [23 October 2023 13:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/206 "2023-10-23T13:01:56Z")
Currently I am using Tasmota on all of my smart switches. I am playing with this project on some of the switches that do not need serial capability.
What I would like to be able to do is create a "mesh" of the switches themselves without needing a WiFi network. Is there a way to create an access point using this project?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [23 October 2023 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/207 "2023-10-23T14:33:03Z")
> [@jmorris644](#):
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> Is there a way to create an access point using this project?
If you did that are you not just creating another wifi network?
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### Author:  [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)
#### Post date: [23 October 2023 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/208 "2023-10-23T14:52:19Z")
I remember reading that Tasmota already has this type of functionality to extend the Wi-Fi range, I haven't tried it yet but there are a couple of different options supported.
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### Author:  [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)
#### Post date: [23 October 2023 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/209 "2023-10-23T15:09:31Z")
> [@jmorris644](#):
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> What I would like to be able to do is create a "mesh" of the switches themselves without needing a WiFi network. Is there a way to create an access point using this project?
I'm not sure I fully get what you intend to do.
`node-red-mcu` brings Node-RED to a MCU. Many things you can do with Node-RED is as well possible with `node-red-mcu`. It yet was never designed to be an operating system for MCU based devices - like Tasmota is.
node-red-mcu founds on Moddable SDK; Moddable offers a plentitude of additional features that _could_ be used - given someone finds the time & pleasure to creates nodes for those. There's e.g. rock solid Bluetooth & BLE capability in the SDK - potentially opening a path to a networking capability without WiFi.
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [23 October 2023 15:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/210 "2023-10-23T15:20:13Z")
In a sense, yes. But it would be self reliant.
will also look into the bluetooth capabilities of the Moddable SDK.
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### Author:  [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)
#### Post date: [25 October 2023 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/211 "2023-10-25T11:21:21Z")
I use my ESPs with self-coded stuff and added ESP-NOW and a kind of mesh functionality. Sure its no Tasmota but for sensors and small data packages it works like mesh. Maybe you could try ESP-NOW
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### Author:  [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)
#### Post date: [23 November 2023 21:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-mcu-plugin-v1-0-integrating-node-red-mcu-edition-into-the-node-red-editor/72693/212 "2023-11-23T21:30:27Z")
> [@jmorris644](#):
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> Has anyone done anything with serial communications? I am thinking of installing this on a smart switch that has an 8266 but talks with a TuyaCPU via uart/serial.
Hi Joe!
Just a short info: There's now a port of [`node-red-node-serialport` available for MCU](https://github.com/ralphwetzel/node-red-mcu-plugin/tree/main/mcu_modules/node-red-node-serialport). It's not in the `node-red-mcu` core yet, but fully operational. For further details (there are not many), refer to its [short documentation](https://github.com/ralphwetzel/node-red-mcu-plugin/blob/main/mcu_modules/node-red-node-serialport/README.md).
To use this, you needed to update `node-red-mcu-plugin`, currently directly from GitHub.
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