Which IDE for ESP8266 Projects?

Community General Discussion
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Hello,

Seeking recommendations on IDE. I have Arduino IDE 2.3.2 (AppImage). My ESP8266 board cannot be detected by this IDE.

Which Arduino IDE will work best for this board? Thanks.

Regards.

P.S. Previous posts on this topic are 2+ years old and I don't know if the suggestions there (viz. use the proper JSON file to obtain the board support) are still valid.

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Is it the IDE that cannot detect the board or the OS ?

If the OS does not detect the board and create a serial port to communicate with it then no IDE will be able to.

Which problem are you trying to solve ?

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Thanks, @UKHeliBob.

  • Is it the IDE that cannot detect the board or the OS ?
    The AppImage IDE does not detect the board.

  • Which problem are you trying to solve ?
    I would like to compile a Hello World sketch for the ESP8266 board using the Arduino 2.x IDE.

$ ls /dev/tty*
enumerates the ESP8266 board as well as a few others that are connected.

Regards.

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Can you provide details of your exact board please? EG

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Hi @baqwas.

I'm not sure I understood correctly what you mean by "cannot be detected". Please provide a more detailed description of what you mean by this in a reply on this forum thread to help us to understand it.

  • What did you do?
  • What were the results you expected from doing that thing?
  • What were the results you observed that did not match your expectations?

Make sure to include the full and exact text of any error or warning messages you might have encountered.