From f5702fe80f637a235136216ee23807774ae7d8f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: seanspotatobusiness Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:19:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update README.md Added Arduino IDE preparations to Installing section. --- README.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 19cc4ab..6751933 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ The only drawback to SPIFFS that I've found so far is uploading the files is ext 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. 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). From 1e9b486cfd9dea691bb70a33b6cbf11cad15b957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: seanspotatobusiness Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:57:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md Added Step to download files from GitHub (not obvious what to download or where if you're new to this) --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6751933..f0b71c7 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. +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). With ESP8266FS installed run the sketch and then upload the web app using `ESP8266 Sketch Data Upload` command in the Arduino Tools menu.