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Because Lua is a high level language and several modules are built into the firmware, you can very easily program your ESP8266. Here are some examples!
#### [*] D0(GPIO16) can only be used as gpio read/write. no interrupt supported. no pwm/i2c/ow supported.
#Build option
####file ./app/include/user_modules.h
```c
#define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_STRING // for string.xxx()
#define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_TABLE // for table.xxx()
#define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_COROUTINE // for coroutine.xxx()
#define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_MATH // for math.xxx(), partially work
// #define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_IO // for io.xxx(), partially work
// #define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_OS // for os.xxx(), not work
// #define LUA_USE_BUILTIN_DEBUG // for debug.xxx(), not work
#define LUA_USE_MODULES
#ifdef LUA_USE_MODULES
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_NODE
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_FILE
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_GPIO
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_WIFI
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_NET
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_PWM
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_I2C
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_SPI
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_TMR
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_ADC
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_UART
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_OW
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_BIT
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_MQTT
// #define LUA_USE_MODULES_COAP
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_U8G
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_WS2812
#define LUA_USE_MODULES_CJSON
#endif /* LUA_USE_MODULES */
```
#Online firmware custom build
For many application, some modules are not used, remove them can free many memory.<br/>
Please try Marcel's [NodeMCU custom builds](http://frightanic.com/nodemcu-custom-build) cloud service and you can get your own firmware.<br/>
#Flash the firmware
nodemcu_latest.bin: 0x00000<br/>
for most esp8266 modules, just pull GPIO0 down and restart.<br/>
You can use the [nodemcu-flasher](https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-flasher) to burn the firmware.
Or, if you build your own bin from source code.<br/>
0x00000.bin: 0x00000<br/>
0x10000.bin: 0x10000<br/>
*Better run file.format() after flash*
#Connect the hardware in serial
baudrate:9600
#Write Lua script to filesystem
####Esplorer
Victor Brutskiy's [Esplorer](https://github.com/4refr0nt/ESPlorer) support most platforms such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS, etc. This software is opensource and can write lua/lc files to filesystem.
####NodeMCU Studio
[NodeMCU Studio](https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-studio-csharp) is written in C# and support Windows. This software is opensource and can write lua files to filesystem.
Hook up SDA and SCL to any free GPIOs. Eg. [u8g_graphics_test.lua](lua_examples/u8glib/u8g_graphics_test.lua) expects SDA=5 (GPIO14) and SCL=6 (GPIO12). They are used to set up nodemcu's I2C driver before accessing the display:
Again, refer to [u8g_graphics_test.lua](lua_examples/u8glib/u8g_graphics_test.lua) to get an impression how this is achieved with Lua code. Visit the [u8glib homepage](https://github.com/olikraus/u8glib) for technical details.
#####Displays
I2C and HW SPI based displays with support in u8glib can be enabled. To get access to the respective constructors, add the desired entries to the I2C or SPI display tables in [app/include/u8g_config.h](app/include/u8g_config.h):
```c
#define U8G_DISPLAY_TABLE_I2C \
U8G_DISPLAY_TABLE_ENTRY(ssd1306_128x64_i2c) \
#define U8G_DISPLAY_TABLE_SPI \
U8G_DISPLAY_TABLE_ENTRY(ssd1306_128x64_hw_spi) \
U8G_DISPLAY_TABLE_ENTRY(pcd8544_84x48_hw_spi) \
U8G_DISPLAY_TABLE_ENTRY(pcf8812_96x65_hw_spi) \
```
An exhaustive list of available displays can be found in the [u8g module wiki entry](https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/wiki/nodemcu_api_en#u8g-module).
u8glib comes with a wide range of fonts for small displays. Since they need to be compiled into the firmware image, you'd need to include them in [app/include/u8g_config.h](app/include/u8g_config.h) and recompile. Simply add the desired fonts to the font table:
Bitmaps and XBMs are supplied as strings to `drawBitmap()` and `drawXBM()`. This off-loads all data handling from the u8g module to generic methods for binary files. See [u8g_bitmaps.lua](lua_examples/u8glib/u8g_bitmaps.lua).
In contrast to the source code based inclusion of XBMs into u8glib, it's required to provide precompiled binary files. This can be performed online with [Online-Utility's Image Converter](http://www.online-utility.org/image_converter.jsp): Convert from XBM to MONO format and upload the binary result with [nodemcu-uploader.py](https://github.com/kmpm/nodemcu-uploader).
The Lua bindings for this library closely follow ucglib's object oriented C++ API. Based on the ucg class, you create an object for your display type.
ILI9341 via SPI:
```lua
cs = 8 -- GPIO15, pull-down 10k to GND
dc = 4 -- GPIO2
res = 0 -- GPIO16, RES is optional YMMV
disp = ucg.ili9341_18x240x320_hw_spi(cs, dc, res)
```
This object provides all of ucglib's methods to control the display.
Again, refer to [GraphicsTest.lua](lua_examples/ucglib/GraphicsTest.lua) to get an impression how this is achieved with Lua code. Visit the [ucglib homepage](https://github.com/olikraus/ucglib) for technical details.
#####Displays
To get access to the display constructors, add the desired entries to the display table in [app/include/ucg_config.h](app/include/ucg_config.h):
ucglib comes with a wide range of fonts for small displays. Since they need to be compiled into the firmware image, you'd need to include them in [app/include/ucg_config.h](app/include/ucg_config.h) and recompile. Simply add the desired fonts to the font table: