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Update Firmware

The BOX series development boards support updating firmware through USB, you just need:

1. USB Type-C cable
2. Latest firmware bin file

Important Note:

If USB download fails, please hold down Boot button and then press Reset button to initiates Firmware Download mode.

Latest Firmware Download

For the latest firmware, please refer to: https://github.com/espressif/esp-box/releases

1. Choose the latest release version
2. Click Assets to show more files
3. Choose an xxxxxx.bin to download

Firmware update

Please follow the link below correspond to your OS to update the firmware.

Windows	Linux	macOS

Firmware update for Windows

We recommend using Windows 10 and above system. Under Windows 10 system, the driver of USB-Serial-Jtag will be downloaded automatically. If you use the Windows 7, please download and install USB-Serial-JTAG drive manually.

1. Download latest firmware

2. Connect your development board to the computer through USB Type-C cable.

3. Please make sure the computer is connected to the Internet first. When the driver is installed, you can find two new devices appear on Device Manager list, COMX (COM2 for example) and USB JTAG/serial debug unit, the former is used to download firmware or output program logs, the latter is used for JTAG debugging.

   

4. Download Windows download tool and unzip it to any folder, then run the executable file flash_download_tool_x.x.x.exe

5. Please choose chipType: ESP32S3, workMode: develop, loadMode: usb, then click OK to enter the download tool config interface.

   

6. Follow the instruction below to configure the downloaded tool:

   1. Choose the path of firmware xxxx.bin, then set the download address to 0x0.
   2. Select the COM port, like COM2 for this PC.
   3. Click START to start the downloading.
   

7. After downloading, FINISH will appear on the tool. Next, please reboot to run the new firmware!

   

Firmware update for Linux

1. Download latest firmware

2. Connect your development board to the computer through USB Type-C cable, there is no need to install the driver of USB-Serial-Jtag under Linux system.

3. Install esptool, input the following commands in Terminal (pip can be specified as pip3) :

   pip install esptool
   

   

4. Follow the instruction to download the firmware (pip can be specified as pip3)：

   python -m esptool --chip esp32s3 write_flash 0x0 download_path/test_bin.bin
   

   1. 0x0 is the fixed flash address
   2. download_path/test_bin.bin need be replaced with your firmware path and name.

5. After updating, the download tool will prompt Hash of data verified. Next, please reboot to run the new firmware!

   

Firmware update for macOS

1. Download latest firmware

2. Connect your development board to the computer through USB Type-C cable, there is no need to install the driver of USB-Serial-Jtag under macOS.

3. Install esptool, input the following codes in Terminal (pip3 can be specified as pip) :

   pip3 install esptool
   

   

4. Follow the instruction to download the firmware (pip3 can be specified as pip):

   python3 -m esptool --chip esp32s3 write_flash 0x0 download_path/test_bin.bin
   

   1. 0x0 is the fixed flash address.
   2. download_path/test_bin.bin need be replaced with your firmware path and name.

5. After updating, the download tool will prompt Hash of data verified. Next, please reboot to run the new firmware!