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Installing
Boards Manager
This is the suggested installation method for end users.
Prerequisites
- Arduino 1.6.8, get it from Arduino website.
- Internet connection
Instructions
- Start Arduino and open Preferences window.
- Enter
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
into Additional Board Manager URLs field. You can add multiple URLs, separating them with commas. - Open Boards Manager from Tools > Board menu and find esp8266 platform.
- Select the version you need from a drop-down box.
- Click install button.
- Don't forget to select your ESP8266 board from Tools > Board menu after installation.
You may optionally use staging boards manager package link:
http://arduino.esp8266.com/staging/package_esp8266com_index.json
.
This may contain some new features, but at the same time, some things
might be broken.
Using git version
This is the suggested installation method for contributors and library developers.
Prerequisites
- Arduino 1.6.8 (or newer, if you know what you are doing)
- git
- python 2.7
- terminal, console, or command prompt (depending on you OS)
- Internet connection
Instructions
Open the console and go to Arduino directory. This can be either your sketchbook directory (usually
<Documents>/Arduino
), or the directory of Arduino application itself, the choice is up to you.Clone this repository into hardware/esp8266com/esp8266 directory. Alternatively, clone it elsewhere and create a symlink, if your OS supports them.
cd hardware mkdir esp8266com cd esp8266com git clone https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino.git esp8266
You should end up with the following directory structure:
Arduino | --- hardware | --- esp8266com | --- esp8266 | --- bootloaders --- cores --- doc --- libraries --- package --- tests --- tools --- variants --- platform.txt --- programmers.txt --- README.md --- boards.txt --- LICENSE
Download binary tools
cd esp8266/tools python get.py
Restart Arduino