Use this forum to chat about hardware specific topics for the ESP8266 (peripherals, memory, clocks, JTAG, programming)

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By Myst
#42202 I just got an ESP8266 and notice that if I use a FTDI cable I can program it via the arduino IDE, but not with a console cable. Is this correct? The Adafruit documentation says it can be programmed with either cable but it does not appear to be recognized with a 4-pin console-usb cable. ??
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By Myst
#42370
Myst wrote:I just got an ESP8266 and notice that if I use a FTDI cable I can program it via the arduino IDE, but not with a console cable. Is this correct? The Adafruit documentation says it can be programmed with either cable but it does not appear to be recognized with a 4-pin console-usb cable. ??


Anybody? Buehler?