NodeMCU ESP8266 to Adafruit Motor Shield V1. This is an old motor driver. I couldn't find any esp8266 connection with this motor driver anywhere. I made a connection in this way. I hope I could help.

Connect the SEN5x board to your ESP8266/NodeMCU board as follows. SEN5x GND → ESP8266/NodeMCU GND SEN5x 5V → 5V input (note that the "5V" pin of NodeMCU or D1 mini dev boards is connected to its USB ...