Please see attached picture for the connections. http://members.ziggo.nl/janwillem.maas/flashing-esp8266.html
My own learnings:
- ground the GPIO0 pin to start the flashing mode, but after you do the grounding, repower the ESP unit
- ensure the serial port is not used by other program, such as Coolterm (on Mac)
- for some USB to TTL converters you need to reverse connect TX and RX
- ensure you have 115200 baud rate set on Arduino IDE
mk05406 wrote:I received a response back from the manufacturer, seems the relay does not make use of the GPIO ports of the ESP at all. Rather, they use an on-board MCU (STC15F104W) @ 9600 baud to activate the relay.
Hope this helps someone in the future.
Hi I am interested in knowing how you program the on-board MCU (STC15F104W)
can you do this using the Arduino IDE? And did you have any luck in getting this to work with the ESP8266?
I have hooked up an ESP8266 directly to the opto isolator input on the following relay module
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5V-1-Channel-Relay-Board-Module-Optocoupler-LED-for-Arduino-PiC-ARM-Black-K4W1/282589714187?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D47324%26meid%3D72ae616bba1d41f1aac2b5b86752dc07%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D191903763048&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
See photo http://rupert.id.au/iot/
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... 2VPRGszMGs