Environment_setup

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Stefano Zenaro edited this page Apr 22, 2019 · 1 revision

Environment setup

Download Arduino IDE (> 1.8.7 ) Here
Install USB drivers, download Here
Add this to the “Additional Boards Manager URLs” in the Arduino IDE

http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json

Restart the Arduino IDE
Go to Tools -> Board -> Boards Manager and install the esp8266 package by ESP8266 Community
Restart the Arduino IDE
Change the current board to Generic ESP8266 Module under the tools menu
Under tools, make sure this settings are selected:

Flash Mode = QIO
Flash Frequency = 40MHz
CPU Frequency = 80MHz
Flash Size = 4M 1M SPIFFS
Reset Method = nodemcu
Upload Speed = 115200

Download these libraries from Sketch -> Include Library -> Libraries Manager

Adafruit Unified Sensor by Adafruit
DHT Sensor Library by Adafruit

Select the correct port under the Tools menu
Change the variables values to your liking and upload the sketch to the board