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ESP8266 not found

Q&A Forum › Category: ESP8266 › ESP8266 not found
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Paul asked 6 years ago

I just started the Home Automation Course and the ESP8266 is unknown

Everything installed correctly  The Node MCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module) shows up in the sketch. I’m using windows 7 and Arduino 1.8.9

C:\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -tools C:\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Arduino\libraries -libraries C:\Users\Paul\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=esp8266:esp8266:nodemcuv2:xtal=80,vt=flash,exception=disabled,eesz=4M,ip=lm2f,dbg=Disabled,lvl=None____,wipe=none,baud=115200 -ide-version=10809 -build-path C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_262317 -warnings=none -build-cache C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_cache_176664 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.esptool.path=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\esptool\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.esptool-2.5.0-3-20ed2b9.path=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\esptool\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs.path=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\mkspiffs\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs-2.5.0-3-20ed2b9.path=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\mkspiffs\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc.path=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-2.5.0-3-20ed2b9.path=C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -verbose C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp\untitled1330377000.tmp\sketch_mar10a\sketch_mar10a.ino
Board nodemcuv2 (platform esp8266, package esp8266) is unknown
Error compiling for board NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module).
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Rui Santos Staff answered 6 years ago

Hello Paul, it looks like your ESP8266 board add-on is not installed properly.

IT says “Board nodemcuv2 (platform esp8266, package esp8266) is unknown”, it looks like it’s not actually finding the ESP8266 boards in the Arduino IDE. Can you remove the ESP8266 and re-install it?

Often that should solve your problem (restart your Arduino IDE too afterwards).

Thanks for your patience!

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Paul answered 6 years ago

Hello Rui,
Thanks, That solved the problem. I had to delete the ESP8266 three times .
I reinstalled it and ran the blink sketch and it worked.
Paul
 

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