esp-link/BOARDS.md

Boards with ESP-Link
====================

This readme provides instructions for PCBs that I've made that are designed for esp-link.
Some of the instructions may be helpful to others as well.

esp-bridge
----------

The esp-bridge has an esp-03 modulde, an FTDI connector (with wrong pinout!), a 3-pin power
and debug connector, and two buttons.
Next to the buttons it is marked "TvE2015 esp-ftdi".
It comes preloaded with the latest version of esp-link.

Power: the on-board MCP1825S-33 regulator can provide 500mA and is good from about 3.6v to 6v.
Connect power either to the 3-pin connector (gnd in center, 5v towards the esp module), or to
the FTDI connector (GND marked, next to the buttons, 5V 3rd pin).

On power-up you should see the green LED on for ~1 second (the yellow should go on too, but
the firmware may not be configured correctly). After that it should blink according to the
patterns described in the README's LED indicators section. Follow the Wifi configuration details
section thereafter.

Reflashing the esp-bridge serially: you should not need to do this, use the over-the-air
reflashing by running `make wiflash`. If you do need to reflash serially, connect TX of a
USB BUB to RX of the esp-bridge and RX to TX (i.e. cross-over). Hold the flash button down
and briefly press the rest button. Then run esptool.py.as described below. (Note that a USB-BUB
will not generally power the esp-03, you need to feed 5v separately.)

To connect a JeeNode to the esp-bridge to flash it or debug it, plug it into the FTDI
port flipped-over, i.e. the component side of the JeeNode will be on the bottom and the
components of the esp-bridge will be on the top. (Yes, the FTDI port should have been reversed
on the esp-bridge...)

To program the JeeNode, having set-up the Wifi through the web pages, run avrdude with an
option like "-Pnet:esp8266:23" (you can use an IP address instead of `esp8266`). My test command
line is as follows:
```
/home/arduino/arduino-1.0.5/hardware/tools/avrdude \
  -C /home/arduino/arduino-1.0.5/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf -DV -patmega328p \
  -Pnet:esp8266:23 -carduino -b115200 -U flash:w:greenhouse.hex:i
```
If you're using "edam's Arduino makefile" then you can simply set `SERIALDEV=net:bbb:2000` in your
sketch's Makefile.

jn-esp
-------

The jn-esp has an esp-03 module, an LPC824, a pseudo-FTDI connector (marked in tiny letters)
and a JeePort (also marked). On the bottom it is marked "JN-ESP-V2".
It comes preloaded with the latest version of esp-link.

Power: the on-board MCP1825S-33 regulator can provide 500mA and is good from about 3.6v to 6v.
Connect power either to the FTDI connector (GND and 5V marked on bottom) or to the
JeePort (GND next to "reg-out" jumper and 5V marked P on bottom).

To program the LPC824 point the Embello uploader at port 23. Something like:
```
uploader -w -t -s 192.168.0.92:23 build/firmware.bin
```
Remove the -s option if you don't want to stay connected. A simple sketch to try this out
with is the [hello sketch](https://github.com/jeelabs/embello/tree/master/projects/jnp/hello).
The result should look something like:
```
$ uploader -w -t -s jn-esp:23 build/firmware.bin
found: 8242 - LPC824: 32 KB flash, 8 KB RAM, TSSOP20
hwuid: 16500407679C61AE7189A053830200F5
flash: 0640 done, 1540 bytes
entering terminal mode, press <ESC> to quit:


[hello]
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
...
```

The pseudo-ftdi connector has the following pin-out:
 - 1: GND (marked on bottom)
 - 2: LPC824 P17/A9
 - 3: 5V (marked on bottom)
 - 4: LPC824 P11/SDA
 - 5: LPC824 P10/SCL
 - 6: LCP824 P23/A3/C4

If you need to serially reflash the jnp-esp there are SMD pads for an FTDI connector on the
bottom below the esp-03 module. GND is marked. The best is to solder a right-angle
connector to it such that the pins point up (i.e. to the component side). You can then
hook-up a USB-BUB. I recommend jumpering the flash pin (next to GND) to GND and you need to
hook the reste pin (6) to the USB-BUB's DTR (should happen automatically). RX&TX also go
straight through). Note that your USB-BUB will not be able to power the esp-03, you will
need to feed 5v separately.

Serial flashing
---------------

Once you have a version of esp-link flashed to your module or if you received a pre-flashed
module from me you should not need this section. But sometimes things fail badly and your
module is "brocked", this is how you receover.

### Installing esptool.py

On Linux I am using [esptool.py](https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool) to flash the esp8266.
If you're a little python challenged (like I am) then the following install instructions might help:
 - Install ez_setup with the following two commands (I believe this will do something
   reasonable if you already have it):

        wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py
        python ez_setup.py

 - Install esptool.py:

        git clone https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool.git
        cd esptool
        python setup.py install
        cd ..
        esptool.py -h

### Flashing esp-link

Using esptool.py a esp-link release can be flashed as follows:
```
curl -L https://github.com/jeelabs/esp-link/releases/download/0.9.5/esp-link.tgz | tar xzf -
cd firmware
esptool.py write_flash 0x00000 boot_v1.3.b3.bi 0x1000 user1.bin 0x7e000 blank.bin
```
If you want to speed things up a bit and if you need to specify the port you can use a command
line like:
```
esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460880 write_flash 0x00000 boot_v1.4\(b1\).bin \
           0x1000 user1.bin 0x7e000 blank.bin
```