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- Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:06 pm #20718 Guys, I'm new here, thanks in advance for your support!

Running nodemcu_integer_0.9.6-dev_20150406.bin.

It contains 2 files, init.lua and the main temp20.lua (4097 bytes)

On startup, node.heap() returns 20952.
temp20.lua runs perfectly fine when started by itself.
but when init.lua contains 'dofile("temp20.lua")', I get: "not enough memory"
Also tried to compile to temp20.lc, same behavior.

I have reflashed the bin, formatted the file area and re-uploaded, no can do.

To rule out hardware, try this on two different NodeMCUs...

I'm running out of ideeyers... Anything?

- Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:15 pm #20757 The quick answer, but long read is in my link below

Please see my Developer FAQ for Q&A on nodeMCU Lua before asking a question here that's already been answered. This and the other official documentation should be your first reference for developing Lua Apps

- Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:10 pm #20844 Thank you Terry, and for the hard work that went into your FAQ.

However, I failed to find the explanation as to why init.lua cannot run something that works fine started manually.

- Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:16 pm #20866 To do a dofile from inside init.lua, you have to have enough RAM to contain both files if you do this the simple way. The FAQ explains how to use events such as timer alarms to break up your code into modules than can fit in RAM sequentially.

Please see my Developer FAQ for Q&A on nodeMCU Lua before asking a question here that's already been answered. This and the other official documentation should be your first reference for developing Lua Apps