Now that everything is wired up, it's time for the code.

 

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>

extern "C" {
#include<user_interface.h>
}

int connectedClients = 0;

long nextCheck = 0;     //Keeps track of the value of millis to only check for new Clients every 5 seconds.

Adafruit_SSD1306 display = Adafruit_SSD1306();

/* configuration  wifi */
const char *ssid = "MAC Finder";
const char *password = "";

#if defined(ESP8266)
  #define BUTTON_A 0
  #define BUTTON_B 16
  #define BUTTON_C 2
  #define LED      0
#endif

#if (SSD1306_LCDHEIGHT != 32)
#error("Height incorrect, please fix Adafruit_SSD1306.h!");
#endif

void setup() {  

  delay(1000);

  //Initialize the display
  display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C);  // initialize with the I2C addr 0x3C (for the 128x32)
  display.setRotation(2);
  display.clearDisplay();
  
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setTextColor(WHITE);
  display.clearDisplay();
  
  initializeAP();  //Setup the Huzzah as an access point
}

void initializeAP() {

  WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);

  //I've noticed that most times the huzzah doesn't let clients connect
  //as soon as it starts up. Here I give it 5 seconds to "warm up"
  //While it does this it prints 
  
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.display();
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setCursor(0,0);
  display.print("Initializing AP");

  //The two bytes that define the bitmap for the loading dots
  static const unsigned char PROGMEM waiting_dot[] =
  { B00011000,
    B00011000 };
  
  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

    display.drawBitmap(i * 10, 20, waiting_dot, 8, 2, WHITE);
    display.display();

    delay(1000);
  }
  
  
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.display();
  display.setCursor(0,0);
  
  displaySSID();
  
}

void loop() {

  if (millis() >= nextCheck) {
    
    client_status();

    nextCheck = millis() + 5000;
    
  }
   
}

void displaySSID() {

  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.clearDisplay();
  
  display.setCursor(0,0);
  
  display.print("AP SSID: ");
  
  display.setTextSize(2);
  display.setCursor(0, 10);
  display.println(ssid);
  display.display();
      
}

void client_status() {

  unsigned char number_client;
  struct station_info *stat_info;

  struct ip_addr *IPaddress;
  IPAddress address;
  int i=1;
  
  number_client= wifi_softap_get_station_num(); // Count of stations which are connected to ESP8266 soft-AP
  stat_info = wifi_softap_get_station_info();

  if (number_client > connectedClients) {
     display.setTextSize(1);
     display.clearDisplay();
     display.setCursor(0, 0);
     display.setTextSize(1);
     display.print("Client Connected!");
     display.display();  
     delay(2000);
  } 

  if (number_client < connectedClients) {
     display.setTextSize(1);
     display.clearDisplay();
     display.setCursor(0, 0);
     display.setTextSize(1);
     display.print("Client Disconnected!");
     display.display();
     delay(2000); 

     if (number_client == 0) {
      displaySSID();
      
    }
    
  }
  
  connectedClients = number_client;

  while (stat_info != NULL) {
    
    display.clearDisplay();
    
    display.setCursor(0, 0);
    display.setTextSize(1);
    display.print("Client MAC:");

    display.setCursor(0, 10);
    
    //Get the 6 octets of the client MAC address. Check to see if the value of each octet is less than
    //0xF. If it is we will print a leading 0 to avoid any confusion.
    if (stat_info->bssid[0] <= 0xF) {
      display.print("0");
    }
    
    display.print(stat_info->bssid[0],HEX);
    display.print(":");
    
    if (stat_info->bssid[1] <= 0xF) {
      display.print("0");
    }
    
    display.print(stat_info->bssid[1],HEX);
    display.print(":");
    
    if (stat_info->bssid[2] <= 0xF) {
      display.print("0");
    }
    
    display.print(stat_info->bssid[2],HEX);
    display.print(":");
    
    if (stat_info->bssid[3] <= 0xF) {
      display.print("0");
    
    }
    display.print(stat_info->bssid[3],HEX);
    display.print(":");
    
    if (stat_info->bssid[4] <= 0xF) {
      display.print("0");
    }
    
    display.print(stat_info->bssid[4],HEX);
    display.print(":");
    
    if (stat_info->bssid[5] <= 0xF) {
      display.print("0");
    }
    
    display.print(stat_info->bssid[5],HEX);

    display.display();
    
    stat_info = STAILQ_NEXT(stat_info, next);
    i++;
  
  }
}

Upload the code to the Feather Huzzah and test it out. Once you verify it works it's time to put everything together.

This guide was first published on Nov 07, 2016. It was last updated on Nov 07, 2016.

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