ESP8266

I'm having mixed results.

I managed to update the AT firmware to v.9.2 which works fine, and tried LUA
But LUA kept rebooting every 5 seconds.

Also I can only upload via the old XCOM util, nothing else seems to work correctly for me.

I am powering from 5v via a LM1117T 1amp regulator, and people have suggested I need a capacitor, to remove supply voltage fluctuations.
However I have not had time to check if this is the problem

I can't seem to upload via the python util, esptool.py, even the AT firmware only gets to 98% then fails.

People have also suggested that I need to pull some gpio lines to 3.3v through 1k resistors, as currently they are just floating. But other tutorials I have read, don't seem to need this.

Also, the build process in the Lubuntu vm is not that clear.

E.g. Why is source code in a folder called app

Why does the build process produce multiple binaries

If all binaries need to be uploaded, what addresses do the binaries need to be uploaded to?

As far as I can see, there is severe lack of documentation

I guess its early days, but at the moment I don't think I have time to figure out how to use this device.