ESP8266 Community Forum

- Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:42 am #4661 Hi,

I just got my first esp8266 module. I've be googling for tools to flash a new firmware onto the module. It's hard to know which tool to use and where to find the LATEST version.
Where can I find the latest official flash downloader?

Thanks!

- Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:10 pm #4706 The official flash loader by espressif is a PC exe and is very clunky and only supports com ports 1 to 6

Most people use the python uploader, so you will need to install python and python serial.

As far as I recall the python uploader is bundled with some of the examples.

I think they are pretty much all the same, so if you find one copy anywhere it should work.

(Sorry I can't remember where I downloaded mine from in the end)