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OLIMEX© 2016
CHAPTER 1: PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT
CHAPTER 1: PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT
This document aims to assist beginners in restoring or upgrading the firmware of the ESP8266 boards,
manufactured by Olimex Ltd.
The guide is suitable for people that have one of the following boards: MOD-ESP8266-WIFI-DEV; MOD-
ESP8266-WIFI; ESP8266-EVB; ESP8266-EVB-BAT; ESP8266-EVB-BAT-BOX. This guide uses of the official
"ESP FLASH DOWNLOAD TOOLS" distributed by "Espressif Systems". This means that you would also
need a computer capable of running Windows applications.
Experienced ESP8266 users would find this document redundant.
The document structure is as follows:
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All the required hardware and software for a basic setup is listed in "CHAPTER 2:
REQUIREMENTS".
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In "CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE SETUP" there are specific details on how to set the hardware
together and then the upgrade procedure.
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The next chapter "CHAPTER 4: FIRMWARE UPDATE" gives the instruction on how to update the
firmware
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"CHAPTER 5: SIMPLE AT COMMAND TEST" shows how to setup your terminal program and send
basic AT commands to the updated board.
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"CHAPTER 6: FURTHER READING" provides links to more ESP8266-related resources.
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The document's revision and ordering information are available in "CHAPTER 7: ORDERING
CODES AND DOCUMENT REVISION".
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