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rumpeltux / esp-stlink

ESP8266 firmware that implements the SWIM protocol for debug access / flashing of STM8 devices
GNU General Public License v3.0
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README should document host<->esp connection #1

Closed spth closed 6 years ago

spth commented 6 years ago

This project might appeal to STM8 users unfamiliar with the ESP8266. For those it would be helpful to document the connection between host and ESP8266 in the README. From the stm8flash fortk it seems the connection is done via a serial device. Is this done directly or somehow over the WIFI of the ESP8266? Is the WiFi used at all?

Philipp

P.S.: It might also help to document a recommended ESP8266 module, and give pin numbers for the connections to it.

rumpeltux commented 6 years ago

Wifi is not currently used. It’s just using the serial device. Future version might include the functionality of this firmware in https://github.com/jeelabs/esp-link. If you have an ESP dev board (e.g. NodeMCU or Wemos), it should work via USB out of the box. I’ll add some more details for this to the README.

Re your P.S: I think this is covered by the "Connecting" section https://github.com/rumpeltux/esp-stlink#connecting If you don’t agree. What would you add?

spth commented 6 years ago

I think the "Connecting" section currently only documents the connection between ESP8266 and STM8, not between ESP8266 and host.

Philipp