summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstatshomepage
path: root/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst')
-rw-r--r--docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
index bbf0457fff..a5deb3532f 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ PC. You may also need to reduce the baudrate if you get errors when flashing
that you have.
For some boards with a particular FlashROM configuration (e.g. some variants of
-a NodeMCU board) you may need to use the following command to deploy
-the firmware (note the ``-fm dio`` option)::
+a NodeMCU board) you may need to manually set a compatible
+`SPI Flash Mode <https://github.com/espressif/esptool/wiki/SPI-Flash-Modes>`_.
+You'd usually pick the fastest option that is compatible with your device, but
+the ``-fm dout`` option (the slowest option) should have the best compatibility::
- esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash --flash_size=detect -fm dio 0 esp8266-20170108-v1.8.7.bin
+ esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash --flash_size=detect -fm dout 0 esp8266-20170108-v1.8.7.bin
If the above commands run without error then MicroPython should be installed on
your board!