Install_Esp8266

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Setup

1. Configure properly your toolchain

   1. Linux
   2. Windows
   3. Mac OS

2. Download the ESPSDK

      mkdir -p ~/esp
      cd ~/esp
      git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK.git
   

3. Get requirements: python -m pip install --user -r $IDF_PATH/requirements.txt

4. Get your IDF Paths

     export IDF_PATH=$HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK
     export IDF_TOOL_PATH=$HOME/esp/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin:$IDF_PATH/tools
   
   

5. Set up the tools:

   1. Linux and Mac OS

        . $HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/install.sh
      

      in ~/.profile paste

        export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin"
        alias get_lx106='export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin"'
      

   2. Windows

6. Set up the environment variables:

   1. Linux and Mac OS

        . $HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/export.sh
      

   2. Windows

7. install cmake sudo apt install cmake

Configure

```
  make menuconfig CONFIG_SDK_PYTHON=python3
  xtensa-lx106-elf
  xtensa-esp32-elf
  python3 ) python2 as interpreter
```
```
  sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER 
  sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/ttyUSBx
```

Build

idf.py build Remember set up the environment variables runing get_idf to set up or refresh the esp-idf environment in any terminal session

  alias get_idf='.  $HOME/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/export.sh'

Flash

idf.py flash Remember to set your desired desired bitrate on the MONITOR_BAUD, if not defaults to 74880