From 608a7827d2cbb22fee8c5c1fcefad7ea55b982a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: seanspotatobusiness Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:11:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f0b71c7..5bf5209 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Installing ----------- These programs are installed via the Arduino IDE which can be [downloaded here](https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software). The ESP8266 boards will need to be added to the Arduino IDE which is achieved as follows. Click File > Preferences and copy and paste the URL "http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json" into the Additional Boards Manager URLs field. Click OK. Click Tools > Boards: ... > Boards Manager. Find and click on ESP8266 (using the Search function may expedite this). Click on Install. After installation, click on Close and then select your ESP8266 board from the Tools > Board: ... menu. +These programs depend on the FastLED LED animation library which can be [downloaded from GitHub](https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED/releases) and placed in the Arduino 'libraries' folder or alternatively installed as [described here](https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries). + Download the programs from GitHub using the green Clone or Download button from [the GitHub project main page](https://github.com/jasoncoon/esp8266-fastled-webserver) and click Download ZIP. Decompress the ZIP file in your Arduino sketch folder. The web app needs to be uploaded to the ESP8266's SPIFFS. You can do this within the Arduino IDE after installing the [Arduino ESP8266FS tool](https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/doc/filesystem.md#uploading-files-to-file-system).