readme tweaks

pull/7/head
Thorsten von Eicken 10 years ago
parent 7ade39d986
commit e4a4f3546d
  1. 16
      README.md

@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ If you are using an FTDI connector, GPIO12 goes to DTR and GPIO13 goes to CTS
Initial flashing
----------------
(This is not necessary if you receive one of the jn-esp or esp-bridge modules.)
If you want to simply flash the provided firmware binary, you can use your favorite
ESP8266 flashing tool and flash the following:
- `boot_v1.3(b3).bin` from the official `esp_iot_sdk_v1.0.1` to 0x00000
- `blank.bin` from the official SDK to 0x7e000
- `./firmware/user1.bin` to 0x01000
If you want to simply flash the provided firmware binary, you can download the latest
[release](/jeelabs/esp-link/releases) and use your favorite
ESP8266 flashing tool to flash the following:
- `boot_v1.3(b3).bin` to 0x00000
- `blank.bin` to 0x7e000
- `user1.bin` to 0x01000
Note that the firmware assumes a 512KB flash chip, which most of the esp-01 thru esp-11
modules appear to have.
Wifi configuration overview
------------------
The end state is to have the esp8266 join your pre-existing wifi network as a pure station.
However, in order to get there the esp8266 will start out as an access point and you'll have
For proper operation the end state the esp-link needs to arrive at is to have it
join your pre-existing wifi network as a pure station.
However, in order to get there the esp-link will start out as an access point and you'll have
to join its network to configure it. The short version is:
1. the esp-link creates a wifi access point
2. your laptop joins as a station and you configure the esp-link wifi with your network info

Loading…
Cancel
Save