I bought an esp 8266 so I could get debug data from my robot without the usb tether. I would like to flash it so I can program it with my Arduino IDE. My question is if the propeller plug will work for this? I understand that I would need to manually reset the esp and bring the GPIO 0 pin low. I was just curios if the prop plug would be compatible with the esp and the Arduino IDE which I plan to use to flash the esp. Thanks.
Hi Erich,
The Prop Plug is a USB to serial converter that works with 3.3V and 5V serial devices, therefore it should be compatible with the ESP8266 module.
You can also probably use an Arduino UNO board to flash ESP8266 firmware as explained in this Instructable
Thanks. Tried it and it works fine. Just have to manually hold the GPIO0 pin low push reset then upload. I hold GPIO0 low until upload is complete but don’t know if it’s necessary. I used momentary switches with pullups. I’m having no problem connecting to the esp as an access point but it refuses to connect as a station. Could this be a network setting? It shows connection to my local network but I can’t communicate with it. If I try to navigate to it through a web browser it refuses to connect.