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--- esp:esp32:flash-commands [2026/08/29 12:33] – oscar
+++ esp:esp32:flash-commands [2026/09/12 10:25] (current) – oscar
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-====== Flash Commands ======
+# Flash Commands
 ----
-===== Core tools =====
+## Core tools
 Esp-idf commands can be executed using:
-  * **idf.py**, Located in: ///esp32/esp-idf/tools/idf.py//
+  * **idf.py**, Located in: ./esp32/esp-idf/tools/idf.py/
-  * **python**, Located in: ///esp32/idf-tools/python_env/idf5.2_py3.11_env/bin/python//
+  * **python**, Located in: ./esp32/idf-tools/python_env/idf6.1_py3.13_env/bin/python
-  * **esptool.py**, Located in: ///esp32/idf-tools/python_env/idf5.2_py3.11_env/bin/esptool.py//
+  * **esptool**, Located in: ./esp32/idf-tools/python_env/idf6.1_py3.13_env/bin/esptool
-===== Full Flash =====
+**idf.py** to be invoked as:
-<code>
+```
+$ idf.py <parameters>
+```
+**esptool** can be invoked in different ways:
+```
+$ esptool <parameters>
+$ python -m esptool <parameters>
+```
+## Full Flash
+```
 idf.py -p /dev/ttyACM0 flash
-python -m esptool --chip esp32c3 -p /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_size 4MB --flash_freq 80m 0x0 build/bootloader/bootloader.bin 0x8000 build/partition_table/partition-table.bin 0xd000 build/ota_data_initial.bin 0x10000 build/LCR-Meter.bin 0x250000 default.config
+python -m esptool --chip esp32c3 -p /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default-reset --after hard-reset write-flash --flash_mode dio --flash_size 4MB --flash-freq 80m 0x0 build/bootloader/bootloader.bin 0x8000 build/partition_table/partition-table.bin 0xd000 build/ota_data-initial.bin 0x10000 build/LCR-Meter.bin 0x250000 default.config
-</code>
+```
-===== Flash Application Partition =====
+Where parameters are:
-  python -m esptool --chip esp32c3 -p /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_size 4MB --flash_freq 80m 0x10000 build/ESR-Meter.bin
+  * write_flash
-  python ../../esp-idf/components/esptool_py/esptool/esptool.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset --chip esp32  write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_size detect --flash_freq 40m 0x00130000 build/thermometer.bin
+  * -chip **esp32c3** or **esp32**
+  * -p **/dev/ttyACM0** or **/dev/ttyUSB0**
+  * -b **460800**
+  * --before default_reset
+  * --after hard_reset
+  * --flash-mode dio
+  * --flash-size **detect** or 4MB
+  * --flash-freq **80m** or 40m
+  * partition 1 = 0x0 build/bootloader/bootloader.bin
+  * partition 2 = 0x8000 build/partition_table/partition-table.bin
+  * partition 3 = 0xd000 build/ota_data_initial.bin
+  * partition 4 = 0x10000 build/LCR-Meter.bin
+## Flash Application Partition
+Use following examples to write to flash:
+```
+esptool -chip esp32c3 -p /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default-reset --after hard-reset write-flash --flash-mode dio --flash-size detect --flash-freq 80m 0x10000 build/ESR-Meter.bin
+python -m esptool --chip esp32c3 -p /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard-reset write-flash --flash-mode dio --flash-size 4MB --flash_freq 80m 0x10000 build/ESR-Meter.bin
-===== Flash Config Partition =====
+python ../../esp-idf/components/esptool_py/esptool/esptool.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 460800 --before default-reset --after hard-reset --chip esp32  write-flash --flash_mode dio --flash-size detect --flash-freq 40m 0x00130000 build/thermometer.bin
-=== Write Config to partition ===
+```
-  esptool.py --port /dev/ttyACM0  write_flash --flash_mode qio  0x250000 default.config
-=== Read CONFIG from partition ===
-  esptool.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default_reset --chip esp32c3  read_flash 0x250000 4096 downloaded.config
+Where parameters are:
+  * write_flash
+  * -chip **esp32c3** or **esp32**
+  * -p **/dev/ttyACM0** or **/dev/ttyUSB0**
+  * -b **460800**
+  * --before default_reset
+  * --after hard-reset
+  * --flash-mode **dio**
+  * --flash-size **detect** or 4MB
+  * --flash-freq **80m** or 40m
+  * 0x10000 build/ESR-Meter.bin
+## Flash Config Partition =====
+### Write Config to partition ===
+  esptool --port /dev/ttyACM0  write-flash --flash-mode qio  0x250000 default.config
+### Read CONFIG from partition ===
+  esptool --port /dev/ttyACM0 -b 460800 --before default-reset --chip esp32c3 read-flash 0x250000 4096 downloaded.config