The NodeMCU is an ESP8266 development board that contains a 32-bit RISC CPU, 64KB of instruction RAM, 96KB of data RAM, and external flash memory. It supports WiFi, GPIO pins, SPI, I2C, PWM and ADC interfaces. Official firmware includes Lua, Micropython, and Espruino scripting languages as well as support for Arduino IDE. It is inexpensive, functional, and has a large community supporting its use and development.