summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstatshomepage
path: root/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorPaul Sokolovsky <pfalcon@users.sourceforge.net>2016-08-10 21:39:23 +0300
committerPaul Sokolovsky <pfalcon@users.sourceforge.net>2016-08-10 21:40:40 +0300
commit5e01fb01b3b04bc86e0c1f14063b3f956ed58661 (patch)
tree489cc02dd2e38761bf1d67635e6b7be5af758872 /docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
parent72ae3c72c7341656bcc610a5671e5cc23f7cf280 (diff)
downloadmicropython-5e01fb01b3b04bc86e0c1f14063b3f956ed58661.tar.gz
micropython-5e01fb01b3b04bc86e0c1f14063b3f956ed58661.zip
docs/esp8266/intro: Add command to install esptool.py 1.0.1 via pip.
It used a standard BootROM programming algo and may be useful as a fallback.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst')
-rw-r--r--docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
index 8c356b913f..32e9326b37 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ after it, here are troubleshooting recommendations:
rate may be too high and lead to errors. Try a more common 115200 baud
rate instead in such cases.
+* If lower baud rate didn't help, you may want to try older version of
+ esptool.py, which had a different programming algorithm::
+ pip install esptool==1.0.1
+
* The ``--flash_size`` option in the commands above is mandatory. Omitting
it will lead to a corrupted firmware.