Ike Mitchell asked 10 months ago
I have an awful problem recovering from failures of Arduino based projects (ESP/Arduino). Is there a standard process by which I can make sure all of the libraries, with all the right versions with everything I need to just “re-image” the microprocessor to quickly and reliably put them back in service. I’ve had to completely rebuild the Home Monitoring project from scratch two going on three times because libraries don’t work when recreating the image.
I really like Arduino’s IDE and would like to be able to reliably and easily restore an ESP device to a known previous state> I understand why you can’t make an image like Raspberry Pi imager, but something that gets all the pieces and part saved would keep me in the hobby.
Sara Santos Staff answered 10 months ago
Hi.
You have to be more specific when you say “libraries” don’t work.
When you have a code that works you can create a .bin file from it. That .bin file can be uploaded to multiple boards and it will always work because it was created at the compiling time. The disadvantage is that you can’t edit it later. However, you know it will always works.
All our codes are working with the latest versions of the libraries.
Regards,
Sara
Ike Mitchell answered 10 months ago
Thank you so much. I’m self taught and I’ve often wondered about the value of the bin file
This isn’t the first time RNT has quickly answered my question with the first response
I check your site often
Thanks again
ike
Sara Santos Staff answered 10 months ago
That’s great.
Thank you.
Let me know if you need further help.
Regards,
Sara