@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The first thing you need is a board with an ESP8266 chip. The MicroPython
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software supports the ESP8266 chip itself and any board should work. The main
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characteristic of a board is how much flash it has, how the GPIO pins are
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connected to the outside world, and whether it includes a built-in USB-serial
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- convertor to make the UART available to your PC.
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+ converter to make the UART available to your PC.
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The minimum requirement for flash size is 1Mbyte. There is also a special
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build for boards with 512KB, but it is highly limited comparing to the
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the firmware. The exact procedure for these steps is highly dependent on the
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particular board and you will need to refer to its documentation for details.
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- If you have a board that has a USB connector, a USB-serial convertor , and has
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+ If you have a board that has a USB connector, a USB-serial converter , and has
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the DTR and RTS pins wired in a special way then deploying the firmware should
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be easy as all steps can be done automatically. Boards that have such features
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include the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH and NodeMCU boards.
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Once you have the firmware on the device you can access the REPL (Python prompt)
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over UART0 (GPIO1=TX, GPIO3=RX), which might be connected to a USB-serial
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- convertor , depending on your board. The baudrate is 115200. The next part of
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+ converter , depending on your board. The baudrate is 115200. The next part of
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the tutorial will discuss the prompt in more detail.
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WiFi
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After a fresh install and boot the device configures itself as a WiFi access
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point (AP) that you can connect to. The ESSID is of the form MicroPython-xxxxxx
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where the x's are replaced with part of the MAC address of your device (so will
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- be the same everytime , and most likely different for all ESP8266 chips). The
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+ be the same every time , and most likely different for all ESP8266 chips). The
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password for the WiFi is micropythoN (note the upper-case N). Its IP address
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will be 192.168.4.1 once you connect to its network. WiFi configuration will
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be discussed in more detail later in the tutorial.
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* The flashing instructions above use flashing speed of 460800 baud, which is
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good compromise between speed and stability. However, depending on your
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- module/board, USB-UART convertor , cables, host OS, etc., the above baud
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+ module/board, USB-UART converter , cables, host OS, etc., the above baud
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rate may be too high and lead to errors. Try a more common 115200 baud
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rate instead in such cases.
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