Use TX and RX as GPIO on your ESP8266
Ever wanted more GPIO on your ESP8266? This is one simple way to use your serial pins as GPIO. They can even be used for PWM and i2c!
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Code:
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//GPIO 1 (TX) swap the pin to a GPIO.
pinMode(1, FUNCTION_3);
//GPIO 3 (RX) swap the pin to a GPIO.
pinMode(3, FUNCTION_3);
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