That is quite common for boards like the esp8266 that require a button push or special programming mode. Next, compile and upload after resetting your esp8266 board while pressing the program button.

Sweet! That turns this into an Arduino compatible board which solves something that has long bothered me. I’ve seen a ton of really simple Arduino projects that use the ESP8266 externally.

Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE. Finall… ...