Re: Arduino IDE error while compiling, help !

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Hi,

I've been using the Arduino IDE for about 6 months with a SparkFun Thing Dev board (among others) - has worked fine, until today.

I had an update for the ESP8266 board manager, which I installed.

Now, each time I try to compile, I'm getting this error:

Arduino: 1.6.11 (Windows 10), Board: "SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Dev, 80 MHz, 115200"

Board thingdev (platform esp8266, package esp8266) is unknown

Error compiling for board SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Dev.

It seems like a bad update? Is there any way to roll back?

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@Rob2302, your question is unrelated to the earlier Posts so I have suggested to the Moderator to move it to ist own Thread.

It seems as if you are using an ESP8266 rather than an Arduino so when you get the new Thread I suggest you modify the title to mention the ESP8266.

...R

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Ok, thanks

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Now you can modify your Original Post in this Thread and change the title so everyone can see what your problem is about.

...R

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It looks like the ESP8266 add-on isn't working anymore. I think you will have to re-install it.

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/esp8266-thing-hookup-guide/installing-the-esp8266-arduino-addon

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I ended up upgrading the IDE to 1.16.13, reinstalling all the board managers and all the libraries.

Is now working again.