ESP8266 Community Forum

- Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:51 pm #88226

What is the difference bewteen the ESP8266 chip, module and board? How do I setup Arduino IDE to work with ESP8266? How do I program ESP12?

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- Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:43 am #92194 To install the ESP8266 board in your Arduino IDE, follow these instructions: In your Arduino IDE go to File> Preferences Enter arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json in the field " Additional urls of the board "a manager" than then click the "ok" button: open the board manager go to tools> dashboard> dashboard manager ... locate ESP8266 and click the install button for the "ESP8266 by ESP8266 Community":That's it, it should install in a few seconds. if you already have the ESP32 boards URL, you can separate the URLs with a comma as follows:

dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json,arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json

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