ESP8266 Community Forum

hello
i have installed new arduino ide and installed esp via bord menager, but i dont heve esptool under programer options

how to add esptool?

I tried resintalling, and same thing happend
please help

You dont need to have anything under programmer options related to ESP. it just works "as is"

So...do I need an USB-Serial programmer with reset pin to use with ESP8266 module?... I'm asking because I have two different programmers (CP2102 and PL2303) and both of them have no RESET pin... Also, when I try to upload a code using a CP2102 I got this message:

You need to connect GPIO0 to ground and cycle power to upload your compiled sketch (actually it is a full firmware) or you can connect GPIO0 to DTR, REST to RTS to make ESP8266 to autoreset like Arduino's do.