ESP8266 Community Forum

Hi. been playing with Arduinos a bit. Liked the idea of wifi. So bought an esp8266, and one of these
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283358603410 ... Track=true
followed this Youtube guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Vj94Pxsu4&t=533s

and always get this on upload

warning: espcomm_sync failed
error: espcomm_open failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed


Have tried different baud rates but always the same. Looked for answers but no luck.

Any pointers?

Thank you.