Very easy to use stand-alone exe-file flash-tool for flashing *.BIN-files to ESP8266 Wemos D1 mini / ESP8266 nodeMCU

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Hi everybody,

does somebody know a flash-tool for flashing *.bin-files into ESP8266 / ESP32 that is as easy to use as
to

not install Arduino-IDE with additional board-URL

only do

  • connect USB-cable
  • start flash-tool.exe
  • choose comport
  • choose *.bin-file
  • click flash
    done

?

I'm aware of the fact that ESP8266/ESP32-boards can be made with different clock-frequency and different flash-ROMsize.

So my question is a tool for "standard" ESP8266 Wemos D1 Mini or ESP8266 nodeMCU
and / or "standard" nodeMCU ESP32-boards

What I have found so far is much more complicated.
If the firmware does not include any kind of OTA a *.bin-file can't be uploaded by OTA.
This means it must be done by USB-cable

best regards Stefan

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Here they talk about a "Flash Download Tool" that can be used to upload BIN files. Maybe his is of any use to you?

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esptool.py is the right tool
it is just

esptool.py write_flash @download.config

where download.config is a file provided together with the binaries

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No it is not. This is one of the tutorials that explains the 50 steps how to configure the standard ESP-flash-tool which is the opposite of
only do

connect USB-cable
start flash-tool.exe
choose comport
choose *.bin-file
click flash
done

this requires to

  • install python. because esptool.py is a python-script
  • learn where download.config is located

If I look up the folder with the *.bin-file I only see

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But I have found now such a tool myself

for windows it is this file
https://github.com/marcelstoer/nodemcu-pyflasher/releases/download/v5.0.0/NodeMCU-PyFlasher.exe

best regards Stefan

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