How to install Sketch Data Upload

[neo305]

Hi sorry I don't know where else to ask. I just got my pc back on fresh Windows 11 so have to install Arduino again and I forget how to add the option under Tools Tab to upload sketch data to esp8266. I found it and did it for ESP32 tho.

[Bighoneypot]

@neo305 Add this http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json in Preference -- Additional Boards

In your Arduino IDE

If you need both of them (ESP32 and ESP8266) add comma after first line

[redPrint7]

If I understand correctly, you want to install the plugins for data-upload to ESP8266 and ESP32 in the ArduinoIDE which show under the tools menu.

Instruction This currently works only for the ArduinoIDE 1.X (current version 1.8.19), not for the new IDE2.x (current 2.0 RC6) -> Reason plugins currently not supported (Although there are strong wishes/pledges from the community). There are different plugins (depending on board family and File Sytem used)

Download-Links for plugins ESP8266 / SPIFFS: https://github.com/esp8266/arduino-esp8266fs-plugin/releases ESP8266 / LittleFS: https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-esp8266littlefs-plugin/releases ESP32 LittleFS / SpifFS / FatFS partion.csv Support: https://github.com/lorol/arduino-esp32fs-plugin (Outdated) ESP32 FatFS: https://github.com/lorol/arduino-esp32fatfs-plugin

Installation: Make sure you use one of the supported versions of Arduino IDE (1.8.x) and have ESP8266/ESP32 core installed. Download espxxxxfs.zip zipped tool from [latest release]Links above In your Arduino sketchbook directory, create tools directory if it doesn't exist yet. Unpack the tool into the path you look up with "Setup->sketchbook location" \tools directory (C:<my_development_dir>\Arduino). Example: (C:\<my_development_dir>\Arduino)\tools\ESPxxxxFS\tool\espxxxxfs.jar Make sure you have mklittlefs[.exe] and mkfatfs[.exe] available at esp8266/esp32 core installation folder. Example for ESP8266: Look inside of C:\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\mklittlefs or in path from "Setup->sketchbook location" eg: (C:\<my_development_dir>\Arduino)\hardware\esp8266\tools\mklittlefs For MacOS /Linux adjust the path like instead of (C:\<my_development_dir>\Arduino)\hardware\esp8266\tools\mklittlefs use eg (<my_development_dir>/Arduino)/hardware/esp8266/tools/mklittlefs

Additional tip For easier debugging I recommend the plugin ESPExeptionDecoder: https://github.com/me-no-dev/EspExceptionDecoder Follow the instructions given on the page.