Add Arduino core for ESP8266 to Arduino IDE (run on Raspberry Pi/Raspbian Jessie with PIXEL)

Last post show how to "Install and run Arduino IDE on Raspberry Pi/Raspbian Jessie with PIXEL". We can add Arduino core for ESP8266 to Boards Manager, such that we can develop ESP8266/NodeMCU program on Raspberry Pi directly, without using PC. For sure, the compiling time will be longer than on PC.

Add Additional Board Manager URL for ESP8266 board:
> File > Preference
> Add "http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json" in Additional Board Manager URLs.

Add ESP8266 board to Arduino IDE:
- Open Boards Manager in Arduino IDE
- Search "esp8266" or "NodeMCU", you will find "esp8266 by ESP8266 Community". Install it.

This video show how to, and run the Blink example on ESP8266/NodeMCU. The Raspberry Pi 3 connect to a 4" 800x480 HDMI IPS LCD Display, so it display in low resolution.

Next:
- ESP8266/NodeMCU read Analog Input and send to Raspberry Pi via Serial/USB
- A Python example run on Raspberry Pi 3/Raspbian Jessie with PIXEL, to plot the serial data graphically using matplotlib library.