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Installation

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Woody edited this page Jun 1, 2020 · 7 revisions

1. Downloading the firmware bin file

You can find precompiled .bin files on the release page. Be sure to download the latest version and .bin files for the code and spiffs. These files look like this:

Spiffs: ESP-RGB-Controller_[...]_spiffs_v[...].bin

Code: ESP-RGB-Controller_[...]_code_v[...].bin

2. Downloading the Flash Download Tools

Espressif has an official GUI tool for Windows. It has a lot of options and can be used for the ESP8266 and ESP32. You can find it on Espressif's download page here: https://www.espressif.com/en/support/download/other-tools
(if the link changed, just search for esp flash download tool)

After downloading the file, unzip it and start flash_download_tools_v3.6.8.exe.

3. Flashing the firmware bin files

After starting flash_download_tools_v3.6.8.exe there should pop up two small windows. Now just click on the Developer Mode andESP8266 DownloadTool button. Now a new window opens.

  • Under the SPIDownload section select the ESP-RGB-Controller_[...]_code_v[...].bin file by clicking on the first ... button
  • In the Textfield next to the "@" char put in this adress: 0x0
  • After that click on the second ... button and select the ESP-RGB-Controller_[...]_spiffs_v[...].bin file
  • In the Textfield next to the second "@" char put in this adress: 0x00300000
  • Than make sure that both files are checked
  • Click on the Default button
  • Select the COM Port of your ESP (usually it's not COM1)
  • BAUD can be set to 921600
  • Verify that everything looks like one of the two pictures below

  • (optionally) click on ERASE to erase the entire flash chip
  • click on START

Now the firmwave will be flashed to the ESP. When the firmware flashing was successful you see this:

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