Install_Esp8266

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Setup

1. Configure properly your toolchain

   1. Linux
   2. Windows
   3. Mac OS

2. Download the ESPSDK

   mkdir -p ~/esp
   cd ~/esp
   git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK.git
   

3. Define IDF_PATH in ~/.profile by adding the following lines to the end of the file:

   export IDF_PATH=$HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK
   export IDF_TOOL_PATH=$HOME/esp/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin:$IDF_PATH/tools
   
   

4. Set up the environment variables by creating an aliias in ~/.bashrc file by adding the following line to the end of the file:

   alias get_idf='. $HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/export.sh'
   
   

5. Get python requirements:

   sudo apt-get install pip
   python3 -m pip install --user -r $IDF_PATH/requirements.txt
   

6. Set up the tools:

   1. Linux and Mac OS

      ~/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/install.sh
      

      NOTE: if you get this error /usr/bin/env: <<python>>: No such file or directoryrun the following command and try it again:

      sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
      

      Install cmake by running the following command:

      sudo apt install cmake
      

   2. Windows

Configure

make menuconfig CONFIG_SDK_PYTHON=python3
xtensa-lx106-elf
xtensa-esp32-elf
(python3 ) python2 as interpreter

Build

In order to build a project, first set up the environment variables by running get_idf command.

Run the command idf.py build

Flash

Before you flash the device, you need to give permissions to the USB port by running:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/ttyUSBx

Then you can flash the device by running idf.py flash command.

NOTE: Remember to set your desired bitrate on the MONITOR_BAUD, if not defaults to 74880