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ESP8266 with Arduino IDE
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the cable needs to fit the pins of UEXT connector of the board – if it has free female leads, for
example;
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the cable has the proper driver support for the operating system of your personal computer.
We distribute affordable USB to serial adapter cables with female leads. Search our web-shop for USB-SERIAL-CABLE-F and
BB-CH340T.
2.1.4 Personal computer
2.1.4 Personal computer
In order to install the Arduino IDE you need a computer which is able to:
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run Arduino IDE;
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work properly with your serial cable;
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access the Internet.
2.2 Software requirements
2.2 Software requirements
2.2.1 Driver for the USB<->serial cable
2.2.1 Driver for the USB<->serial cable
Contact the supplier of your USB to serial adapter cable for such drivers. After the drivers are installed
make sure the cable is properly recognized by the operating system.
A properly installed serial cable should be listed as a COM port by the operating system.
For example, under Windows, in “Windows Device Manager” a properly installed cable gets listed like
this:
2.2.2 Arduino IDE
2.2.2 Arduino IDE
Download and install Arduino IDE from the official web-site of Arduino.
Get a version 1.6.4 or newer. It is important that the Arduino IDE version that you get has the additional
boards manager.
We used Arduino 1.6.6 during the preparation of this document. If you want to have the exact same
behavior as us, use Arduino 1.6.6.
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