Re: Programming the ESP8266 with Arduino IDE from OSX - Calu
Posted:
Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:09 am
by miker
Great video! I've created a custom board that programs the -01 in windows from the IDE without using the ESP python tool that you have to use. I have to press a button that shorts GPIO_0 to GND when programming though. Is that why you need to use the ESP python tool? You didn't say why you need it in your video.
Re: Programming the ESP8266 with Arduino IDE from OSX - Calu
Posted:
Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:28 am
by calumk
Ah ok, so the Arduino IDE seems to be broken in OSX which is why you need to use the python esptool
The short from GPIO_0 to GND is nessasary, but is handled by the nodemcu dev board automatically.
For the ESP-01 / any other board, you would need to manually short the GPIO_0 and (on some boards) GPIO_15