/arduino-esp8266littlefs-plugin

Plugin to upload LittleFS filesystems to ESP8266

Primary LanguageJavaGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

Arduino ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader

Arduino plugin which packs sketch data folder into LittleFS filesystem image, and uploads the image to ESP8266 flash memory.

Installation

  • Make sure you use one of the supported versions of Arduino IDE and have ESP8266 core installed.
  • Download the tool archive from (https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-esp8266littlefs-plugin/releases).
  • In your Arduino sketchbook directory, create tools directory if it doesn't exist yet.
  • Unpack the tool into tools directory (the path will look like <home_dir>/Arduino/tools/ESP8266LittleFS/tool/esp8266littlefs.jar).
  • Restart Arduino IDE.

On the OS X create the tools directory in ~/Documents/Arduino/ and unpack the files there

Usage

  • Open a sketch (or create a new one and save it).
  • Go to sketch directory (choose Sketch > Show Sketch Folder).
  • Create a directory named data and any files you want in the file system there.
  • Make sure you have selected a board, port, and closed Serial Monitor.
  • Select Tools > ESP8266 LittleFS Data Upload menu item. This should start uploading the files into ESP8266 flash file system. When done, IDE status bar will display LittleFS Image Uploaded message. Might take a few minutes for large file system sizes.

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Credits and license

  • Copyright (c) 2015 Hristo Gochkov (ficeto at ficeto dot com)
  • Licensed under GPL v2 (text)
  • Modified by Earle F. Philhower, III for LittleFS use

Issues and suggestions

File issues here on github, or ask your questions on the esp8266.com forum.