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ESP8266 with Arduino IDE
3.2 Software setup
3.2 Software setup
Before we are able to compile and upload a demo example, we need to prepare Arduino IDE to work
with ESP8266 boards.
This is relatively simple. Follow the steps below:
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Start Arduino.
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Select File → Preferences as shown below:
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A dialog window would pop-up.
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The only thing we need to edit here is the field called “Additional Boards Manager URLs:”. In the
blank space we need to provide a link to the .json file which would add ESP8266 support to
Arduino. By the time of writing the correct address is:
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
The field should look similar to this:
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Click “OK” to apply the changes and close the dialog window
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Navigate to Tools → Board → Boards Manager… and install the esp8266 platform. A properly
installed library should show similar to this:
