I am newbe to Arduino.
Bought an Aihasd 0,96 Zoll OLED-display ESP32 WIFI Bluetooth board IOT.
How can I find out which board I have in terms of the pull down menue of Arduino's boards manager?
It's an ESP32 - says so right in the name.
There's no built-in support for the ESP32 (it's not used in any official arduino boards) - you need to install the ESP32 third party hardware package, and then select ESP32 and any appropriate options (per documentation for that hardware package). I think this is the package you need - see their docs for more info: GitHub - espressif/arduino-esp32: Arduino core for the ESP32
Note that the ESP32 (and anything that isn't an official board or clone thereof) is not a great choice for someone with no electronics/arduino experience - there are more "gotchas" with the unofficial boards, particularly ones that aren't AVR architecture.
Finally - as an aside - you're 100% allowed to post links to where you got stuff - this is actually encouraged when asking questions about said stuff. The "name" of most listings on ebay is just a combination of whatever keywords they think will sell best (and the listing descriptions range from unhelpful to totally inaccurate).
DrAzzy:
I think this is the package you need - see their docs for more info: GitHub - espressif/arduino-esp32: Arduino core for the ESP32
Many thanks for the helpful answer.
It is from https://www.amazon.de/dp/B074Y511X1/ref=pe_3044161_185740101_TE_item
I followed the instructions of https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/docs/arduino-ide/windows.md
and got stuck at installation instruction of step 4.
Please, what initiates the uploading of the drivers to the board at installation step 4 ?
Shall this likely to be started automatically by some interface monitoring? Or by pushing the reset button on the board? Or which exe is likely to be started before or after conneting to the USB port ?
Please help me, although the ESP32 is not an official board.
You should read further on the Amazon.de webpage for that product.
There is a link to a *.rar file which you should download.
ieee488:
You should read further on the Amazon.de webpage for that product.
There is a link to a *.rar file which you should download.
Yes, I know. But, the content of the *.rar file is only onboard OLED screen data and PIN diagrams.
Meanwhile I discovered the HELTEC logo on the bottom side of the board.
This lead me to a special installation guide for the board made by HELTEC:
It says that after running through the installation process, board WiFi_Kit_8 should be selected from the pulldown-menu Tools > Board. But it is still not offered there. And the Boards Manager item (under Tools Board:...) does not seem to offer any manual binding of a further board.
rk123:
... board WiFi_Kit_8 should be selected from the pulldown-menu Tools > Board. But it is still not offered there. And the Boards Manager item (under Tools Board:...) does not seem to offer any manual binding of a fur...
I detected now https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/docs/arduino-ide/windows.md
This causes Ardunino SDK making the board Heltec_WIFI_Kit_32 under tools selectable in its pull-down menu for boards.
Now, I have following compiler error:
exec: "C:\Users\...\Documents\Arduino\hardware\espressif\esp32/tools/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-g++": file does not exist
Error compiling for board Heltec_WIFI_Kit_32.
I discovered now a correct installation guide for the Heltec board:
Just followed the installation guide, and it worked.
Following this installation guide causes Arduino SDK making the board Heltec_WIFI_Kit_32 under tools selectable in its pull-down menu for boards.
Preference under Arduino SDK, File -> Settings -> Sketchbook -> Location must be:
[Drive]:\Documents\Arduino
(i.e. not [Drive]:\Documents\Arduino\hardware\heltec).
PRG button needs to be pressed while programming (i.e. uploading to) the Heltec board.