hey I've been trying to set up my esp 8266 it's not working
I've updated the driver and added esp to board manager
is it the hardware or the software?
this is the error
Arduino: 1.8.16 (Windows 10), Board: "Generic ESP8266 Module, 80 MHz, Flash, Disabled (new aborts on oom), Disabled, All SSL ciphers (most compatible), 32KB cache + 32KB IRAM (balanced), Use pgm_read macros for IRAM/PROGMEM, dtr (aka nodemcu), 26 MHz, 40MHz, DOUT (compatible), 1MB (FS:64KB OTA:~470KB), 2, nonos-sdk 2.2.1+100 (190703), v2 Lower Memory, Disabled, None, Only Sketch, 115200"
Executable segment sizes:
ICACHE : 32768 - flash instruction cache
IROM : 231724 - code in flash (default or ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR)
IRAM : 26793 / 32768 - code in IRAM (IRAM_ATTR, ISRs...)
DATA : 1496 ) - initialized variables (global, static) in RAM/HEAP
RODATA : 876 ) / 81920 - constants (global, static) in RAM/HEAP
BSS : 25608 ) - zeroed variables (global, static) in RAM/HEAP
Sketch uses 260889 bytes (27%) of program storage space. Maximum is 958448 bytes.
Global variables use 27980 bytes (34%) of dynamic memory, leaving 53940 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 81920 bytes.
esptool.py v3.0
Serial port COM4
Connecting....
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
Crystal is 26MHz
MAC: ac:0b:fb:c3:31:7e
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\selva\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\3.0.2/tools/upload.py", line 66, in
esptool.main(cmdline)
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 3599, in main
detect_flash_size(esp, args)
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 2848, in detect_flash_size
flash_id = esp.flash_id()
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 688, in flash_id
return self.run_spiflash_command(SPIFLASH_RDID, b"", 24)
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 948, in run_spiflash_command
old_spi_usr = self.read_reg(SPI_USR_REG)
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 562, in read_reg
val, data = self.command(self.ESP_READ_REG, struct.pack('<I', addr))
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 386, in command
p = self.read()
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 331, in read
return next(self._slip_reader)
File "C:/Users/selva/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/esptool\esptool.py", line 2636, in slip_reader
raise FatalError("Timed out waiting for packet %s" % waiting_for)
esptool.FatalError: Timed out waiting for packet header
esptool.FatalError: Timed out waiting for packet header
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