Programming ESP8266 Board From Arduino IDE Last Updated : 09 Sep, 2021 Comments Improve Suggest changes 2 Likes Like Report ESP8266 is a cost-effective and highly integrated Wi-Fi MCU for IoT applications. It has multiple uses, in various kinds of projects. You may use an ESP8266 chip or it may be an ESP8266 based NodeMCU development board, to develop your project. If you want to work on this ESP8266 and want to program this using the Arduino IDE, you cannot directly upload your code to ESP8266, because it doesn't have an ESP8266 library and Board Manager by default. You need to add extra features on Arduino IDE to upload your code to the ESP8266 board. How to enable ESP8266 board code uploading? Follow the below steps to enable ESP8266 board code uploading: Step 1: Adding the ESP8266 Boards Manager URL to the Arduino IDE Board Manager links Go to Menu > File > Preferences.Go to Additional Board Manager URLs. Then add this link to the box.Now click on the OK button. Step 2: Installing the ESP8266 Board Library: Go to Menu > Tools > Board > Boards Manager.Search ESP in the box and install the library esp8266 and close the box. Now, you will get an option of ESP8266 board in the tools > boards > boards section for programming your ESP8266 from Arduino IDE. Create Quiz Comment G garvitkulshrestha Follow 2 Improve G garvitkulshrestha Follow 2 Improve Article Tags : Electronics Engineering Explore Electronic Devices & ComponentsAvalanche Photodiode 4 min read PIN Diode 15+ min read Schottky Diode 13 min read Solar Cell 8 min read Power Semiconductor Devices 15+ min read Digital Circuits & LogicDigital Electronics and Logic Design Tutorials 3 min read CMOS Logic Gate 4 min read CMOS Inverter 10 min read Difference Between Static CMOS and Dynamic CMOS 6 min read What is CMOS FABRICATION(P-WELL PROCESS)? 3 min read Analog & Circuit BehaviorRectifier 10 min read Diode As a Switch 11 min read Forward Bias 9 min read Schmitt Trigger 11 min read Integrated Circuits 8 min read Solid-State DevicesSolid-State Lighting 7 min read Avalanche Photodiode 4 min read Avalanche Photodiode 4 min read MOSFET Characteristics 6 min read Junction Field Effect Transistor or JFET 11 min read Communication SystemsGetting Started with Communications Engineering 9 min read Difference between Amplitude Modulation and Frequency Modulation 5 min read Difference between Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) and Delta Modulation (DM) 6 min read Frequency Division and Time division multiplexing 4 min read Signal ProcessingSignals and Systems 10 min read Fourier Transform in Circuit Analysis 10 min read Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis 7 min read Properties of z-Transforms 4 min read What is Digital Signal Processing (DSP)? 15 min read Like