Editing Tutorial Basics

= Getting Started with MicroPyton and ESP32/ESP8266 =
In this part of the tutorial, we explain how to get started with MicroPyton and ESP32/ESP8266. This includes how to write the firmware image on the microcontroller and how to use the python shell to interactively program the ESP32/ESP8266.

== Setting Up Software on Your Computer ==
For developing we use in our class the following software:
* [https://github.com/DFRobot/uPyCraft uPyCraft IDE] which requires  [https://www.python.org/downloads/ Python] to be installed
* [https://www.putty.org/ Putty] terminal program on Windows or any other terminal program
There is a short video on Youtube (4:20) that shows the software: https://youtu.be/DnBBB8AcvBg

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== Writing the MicroPython Firmware Image to the ESP32/ESP8266 ==
* We use the [[uPyCraft IDE]] to write the images to the microcontroller, alternatively [[esptool.py]] can be used
* the firmware for the ESP32 is available at: http://micropython.org/download/esp32/
* the firmware for the ESP8266 is available at: http://micropython.org/download/esp8266/
In the video on Youtube (17:01) we show, how to write the firmware with the [[uPyCraft IDE]]: https://youtu.be/_TrKPDOReJc


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