How to wake esp8266 from deep sleep without continuous resets

Question

I\'m building an IR to wifi bridge using an esp8266. Basically I\'m building an IR receiver connected to an esp8266 inside an IR remote control, to forward received IR Remote ke

Answer 1

This post on electronics stack describes how to do a one-shot button with a couple extra parts. However space-wise they add up to be larger than using another micro, so the OP decided to go with an MCU. The micro will use the fewest additional parts and claim the lowest amount of space.