Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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• Description:
In this video tutorial I show you how to load a specific firmware to the ESP8266 (ESP-12E), which allows you to program it using the Python programming language. You'll need to have your ESP8266 Development Board set up on your computer, which I cover in another video (youtube.com/watch?v=G6CqvhXpBKM). Please find below the relevant links as mentioned in the video.
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• Project parts:
ACROBOTIC Development Board for ESP8266:
acrobotic.com/products/acr-00018
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• Project code:
Instructions for readying the toolchain are here:
github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk
File to be changed on Max OSX in case of SDK compilation error:
/path-to-case-sensitive-volume/esp-open-sdk/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gmp-5.1.3/gmp-h.in
Compiling and flashing commands for the firmware are available here:
github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/esp8266
The MicroPython firmware for ESP8266 is rapidly evolving. The pyb.Pin class is now deprecated in favor of machine.Pin:
docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp8266/library/machine.Pin.html
Pyserial is a module needed to run the tool 'esptool' to flash firmware onto the ESP8266. Download from:
github.com/pyserial/pyserial
Esptool is a tool written in Python that allows us to flash firmware onto the ESP8266 IC over an USB connection:
github.com/themadinventor/esptool
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• Tutorials:
MicroPython 1.7 Quick Reference for the ESP8266: docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp8266/esp8266/quickref.html
I also have a detailed guide for getting started with the ESP8266 including explanations of how to use other firmware (AT Commands and NodeMCU):
learn.acrobotic.com/tutorials/post/esp8266-getting-started
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• Music:
Jason Shaw (audionautix.com/). Creative Commons License 3.0.
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