WiFiLi

Espressif based firmware for cheap H801 RGBWW-LED-controllers.

Wiring with those red FT1232 clones:

TX - TX
RX - RX
GND - GND

Baud rate: 74880 (same as bootloader)

Use 'make term' to run miniterm.

setup

solder some pinheaders onto serial pins and a jumper onto the other two bootloader selection pins consult https://eryk.io/2015/10/esp8266-based-wifi-rgb-controller-h801/ for details
install Espressif SDK via https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk (takes ~25 minutes to build!)
update paths in Makefile (or add SDK to $PATH), adjust /dev/ttyUSBx path

create src/user_config.h with

  #define SSID            "your SSID here"
  #define SSID_PASSWORD   "your password here"

telnet $IP 1