Arduino ESP32/8266 Online Installation
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- If the Arduino IDE is not installed on your computer before, or the version of the IDE is older. It is recommended to go to the Arduino official website to download the latest IDE and install it according to your own system.
- Open the preferences of the Arduino software and add the link in the add-on board manager URL:
ESP32 ：https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_dev_index.json ESP8266 ：https://www.arduino.cn/package_esp8266com_index.json
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- MAC preference location
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- After adding, open Tools -> Development Board -> Development Board Management Tool, manually search for "ESP32/8266" to download and install the latest version.
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- After the installation is complete, you can find the model option of ESP32 Dev Module/NodeMCU 1.0 in Tools - Boards of IDE.
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- If the installation fails due to repeated errors, please contact the after-sales technician or try the offline installation.
- Note: If you have installed other versions of esp32/2866 sdk, please delete it first, and then use this installation package. The deletion method: enter %LOCALAPPDATA%/Arduino15/packages in the address bar of the file manager, press Enter to enter, and then delete the esp32/8266 folder.