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My goal is to create a simple LED controlled by my iPhone through Homekit. I'd like to do it using only a NodeMCU (ESP8266).

I found lots of solutions using a NodeJS library (HAP-NodeJS), which works well on my PC, but obviously can't run on a NodeMCU board.

As I understand, all these solutions require a RaspberryPI (or similar board running Linux) that talks with the NodeMCU board. But I don't like this solution.

Is there a way to achieve this goal only with a NodeMCU board?

Update 1 (25/01/2017)

Ok, I'm reading lots of blogs and watching some videos, and I'm understanding more about this topic.

I found NodeMCU Flasher to install the firmware on the board, and I found the firmware I'd like to use (I think I could be more comfortable with Lua).

First problem... I'm using a Mac, and NodeMCU Flasher is for Windows... Is there an alternative?

I downloaded also ESPlorer. Does it provide the same functionality as NodeMCU Flasher?

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  • What firmware do you use? NodeMCU, Arduino, MicroPython, ... – Marcel Stör Jan 25 '17 at 10:47
  • I'm still a newbie of this king of programming. So, I'm not sure what firmware I'm using right now. Probably Arduino. – RikyTres Jan 25 '17 at 10:50
  • Anyway, if some solution require a specific firmware, I can change it. – RikyTres Jan 25 '17 at 10:52
  • run the espEasy firmware, or use the arduino ide which is cross-platform and very well supported, and checkout the example mqtt sketches, which should be enough to get you going. fwiw, if you're new stick to arduino over lua; you'll find 10x as many sketches, videos, and online info. – dandavis Jan 25 '17 at 23:04
  • Thanks dandavis, I'm going to check this espEasy! – RikyTres Jan 26 '17 at 07:33
  • I think we are going a lil bit out of topic. The initial question was "is there a way to communicate with Apple Homekit directly from the ESP board?" Something like a library. Or I need a RaspberryPI (or similar) to run a NodeJS server with HAP-NodeJS like in all the articles I read. – RikyTres Jan 26 '17 at 07:40
  • @RikyTres asking for libraries on SO is off-topic. – gre_gor Jan 26 '17 at 17:11
  • @gre_gor we are talking about programming a board to be able to communicate with a specific Apple protocol. I think libraries is fully on topic. – RikyTres Jan 27 '17 at 12:35
  • Check this out https://github.com/espressif/esptool it should fit your needs – sebbalex Oct 04 '18 at 13:36

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Please check this.

Public Apple's HomeKit protocol code has been around for some time for more potent processors (notably HAP-NodeJS). This is a rewrite for the ESP8266 to make the server foundation. This project uses ESP8266_RTOS_SDK and WolfCrypt 3.9.8 for the crypto. It will however NOT deliver a certified HomeKit device.

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