EspLight-firmware

firmware for on a EspLight Board.

first time use.

the first time you use the EspLight there will probably be no firmware it

if no firmware follow 'loading precompiled firmware'

first time use with firmware:

• press the AP button to turn the EspLight into a access point.
• connect with the EspLight via the wifi. the first time it'll have a ssid like EspLight-xx where xx are numbers.
• surf to the configuration page. (type 192.168.4.1 and hit enter)
• in the configuration page, you'll have two options. Wifi and Led.
• fill in your wifi settings on the Wifi page and hit save.
• then in the LED page set the kind of leds you have and how many. in the case of analog leds you don't have to enter a number.

loading precompiled firmware.

to load the precompiled firmware you'll have to download and install esptool:

https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool

next you'll have to connect your esplight to a usbserial converter.

• how to hook one up that came with the EspLight: https://www.tkkrlab.nl/wiki/EspLight#Program_the_firmware_into_the_EspLight

you can find the binary in the bin folder.

next you run :

$ esptool.py write_flash -ff 80m -fm qio -fs 32m-c1 0x00000 firmware.bin

after uploading you can follow the instructions for first time use.

requirements for building:

this library: https://github.com/Makuna/NeoPixelBus

and the latest sources from: https://github.com/esp8266/arduino

note, this source is compiled with SublimeText3 and the stino plugin. does not compile in ide because of arduino ide code mungeling.