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# Installation of Micropython .bin on a ESP8266
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Before we can program and use a ESP8266 with python, we need to flash the firmware
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to MP - a Mirco Python environment especially designed for these microprocessors
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We need to dowload the latest MP binary. At the time of writing:
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wget https://micropython.org/resources/firmware/esp8266-1m-20220618-v1.19.1.bin
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Then, we need to flash the software to the microcontroller. A script that helps
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us with this task is called esptool.py which can be downloaded from [HERE|https://github.com/espressif/esptool]:
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esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash
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esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash --flash_size=detect -fm dout 0 esp8266-1m-20220618-v1.19.1.bin
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