Comments on: Install ESP8266 Filesystem Uploader in Arduino IDE

By: dreezy

dreezy — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:50 +0000

In reply to seungwon. This is the way, it all works but you need to set Tools->FlashSize to at least 4Mb (FS: 1Mb...

By: John

John — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 22:08:29 +0000

In reply to Michel. I think it may have to do with the IDE version you're using. Try updating to the latest version, I think it's 2.3.2 maybe later

By: Michel

Michel — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:35:58 +0000

Hi,
thanks for this tuto and support that you are doing.
However I extracted the esp8266fs.jar from ESP8266FS-0.5.0.zip in the right place but when I restarted the IDE (1.8.19) It only added Wisi101 / WifiNINA Firmware Updater which looks like a way to uplaod an .ino file on the ESP Via Wifi (looks promissing) but no ‘ESP8266 Sketch Data Upload’ tools menu line.
Did I miss something ?

By: Sara Santos

Sara Santos — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 11:45:47 +0000

In reply to Mr. Fox.

Hi.
You need to provide more details about the specific code you uploaded and the errors that you get.
Regards,
Sara

By: Mr. Fox

Mr. Fox — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:41:17 +0000

I’ve attempted another of your tutorials using what I now know is an ESP8266EX – I uploaded the text file using the ESP8266 uploader…then it gives another code to upload but I’m unsure where or with what it just says upload. Well every way I’ve tried has lead in the file not being able to read the text file. I’ve bought chip after chip and still getting the same issues. PLEASE HELP ME.

By: Sara Santos

Sara Santos — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:15:46 +0000

In reply to Antonio.

Hi.
For the ESP8266, you should use LittleFS instead of SPIFFS. You can follow this tutorial to install the plugin: https://randomnerdtutorials.com/install-esp8266-nodemcu-littlefs-arduino/
Then, you can use all the sketches that use SPIFFS, you only need to replace the word SPIFFS with LittleFS.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Sara

By: Antonio

Antonio — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:52:06 +0000

I did everything as described here. However, I do not see the SPIFFS size in the tool menu but still the FS OTA as flash size.
Does anyone have a solution for me?

Same problem…

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:16:06 +0000

To maybe save somebody some time, the new Arduino IDE 2.0 does not support loadable tools. So you can’t use that version of the IDE with the Filesystem Uploader – you won’t be able to load files to your ESP8266.

See https://forum.arduino.cc/t/tools-for-arduino-ide-2-0-beta/894962 for details.

By: Ger

Ger — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:52:59 +0000

In reply to Sara Santos.

Hi Sara, I have now uploaded with LittleFS and found a bug in the html script when calling the https://cdnjs in lines 16 and 51. It works now but is very slow. If I build a refresh in the html it works but in between the 3d jumps to 0.

Do you know a solution for this? I may be asking a lot, but Arduino C+ is still unknown to me.

thanks in advance,
Ger

By: Ger

Ger — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 08:08:15 +0000

In reply to Sara Santos.

Hi Sara, my apologies for the unclear response. It is about the project “ESP8266 MPU6050 Web Server Accelerometer and Gyroscope Dashboard with 3D Animation (SSE Events)”. As I said a nice learning project for many of us. I myself work with RPI and Python and wanted to shift my mind to Arduino. That works nicely but is a bit slower, but nice projects. My question about the project is that I have the web server running but the html, json, css won’t work. Now I first uploaded files to arduino with SPIFFS because I thought the ESP32 was equal to the ESP8266 but it turned out not to be. Now in the file I use #include , should I upload with LittleFS as well?

I hope you can give me some explanation as to why I am getting a blank webpage from the web server.

many thanks and greetings
Ger