From 5d05993f109e5fc44e4cddad73c9c921725d9c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damien George Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 14:05:50 +0100 Subject: esp8266/tutorial: Mention that esptool is available via pip. --- docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/esp8266') diff --git a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst index 2db2ba5bd5..9b61737c52 100644 --- a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst +++ b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst @@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ For best results it is recommended to first erase the entire flash of your device before putting on new MicroPython firmware. Currently we only support esptool.py to copy across the firmware. You can find -this tool here: ``__ . Any other +this tool here: ``__, or install it +using pip:: + + pip install esptool + +It requires Python 2.7, so you may need to use ``pip2`` instead of ``pip`` in +the command above. Any other flashing program should work, so feel free to try them out, or refer to the documentation for your board to see its recommendations. -- cgit v1.2.3