ESP8266-DevKitS
User Guide
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About This Guide
This user guide provides information on ESP8266-DevKitS-development board.
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2025.05 V1.1 End of Life.
2020.02 V1.0 Initial release.
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Tables of Contents
1. Overview ................................................................................................................................1
2. Functional Description ..........................................................................................................2
3. How to Flash a Board ............................................................................................................4
3.1. Hardware Preparation ................................................................................................................4
3.2. Hardware Setup .........................................................................................................................4
3.3. Software Setup ..........................................................................................................................4
4. Board Dimensions .................................................................................................................5
5. Hardware Reference ..............................................................................................................6
5.1. Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................6
5.2. Power Supply Options ...............................................................................................................6
5.3. Header Blocks ............................................................................................................................6
A. Appendix—Learning Resources ...........................................................................................8
A.1. Must-Read Documents ..............................................................................................................8
A.2. Must-Have Resources................................................................................................................9
1. Overview
1. Overview
ESP8266-DevKitS is Espressif’s ashing board designed speci cally for ESP8266. It can be
used to ash an ESP8266 module without soldering the module to the power supply and
signal lines. With a module mounted, ESP8266-DevKitS can also be used as a mini
development board like ESP8266-DevKitC.
ESP8266-DevKitS supports the following ESP8266 modules:
- ESP-WROOM-02
- ESP-WROOM-02D
- ESP-WROOM-02U
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2. Functional Description
2. Functional Description
Figure 2-1. ESP8266-DevKitS
This chapter introduces key components, interfaces and controls of ESP8266-DevKitS
development board:
• Spring Pins
Connect and x the module. These spring pins t castellated holes on the module.
• 2.54 mm Female Headers
Connect to jumper wires and other development boards. For description of female
headers, please refer to 5.3 Header Blocks.
• USB-to-UART Bridge
A single chip USB-UART bridge provides up to 3 Mbps transfers rates.
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2. Functional Description
• LDO
5V-to-3.3V Low dropout voltage regulator (LDO).
• Boot Button
Download button. Holding down the Boot button and pressing the EN button initiates
the rmware download mode. Then users can download rmware through the serial
port.
• Micro USB Port/Micro USB Connector
USB interface. Power supply for the board and the communication interface between
a computer and the board.
• EN Button
Reset button. Pressing this button resets the system.
• Power On LED
Turns on when the USB or power supply is connected to the board.
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3. How to Flash a Board
3. How to Flash a Board
3.1. Hardware Preparation
• 1 x ESP8266 module of your choice
• 1 x USB 2.0 cable (Standard-A to Micro-B)
• 1 x PC loaded with Windows, Linux or Mac OS
3.2. Hardware Setup
Please mount a module of your choice onto your ESP8266-DevKitS according to the
following steps:
• Gently put your module on the ESP8266-DevKitS board. Make sure that castellated
holes on your module are aligned with spring pins on the board.
• Press your module down into the board until it clicks.
• Check whether all spring pins are inserted into castellated holes. If there are some
misaligned spring pins, place them into castellated holes with tweezers.
3.3. Software Setup
For step-by-step introductions, please refer to ESP8266 Quick Start Guide.
📖 Note:
1. To ash binary les, the ESP32 chip should be set to UART boot mode. This can be done either by the
ash tool automatically, or by holding down the Boot button and tapping the EN button.
2. After binary les have been ashed, please reset or power up your ESP32 module again to run the
ashed application (this step is executed automatically by the ash tool by default).
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4. Board Dimensions
4. Board Dimensions
Figure 4-1. Board Dimensions
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5. Hardware Reference
5. Hardware Reference
5.1. Block Diagram
Figure 5-1. ESP8266-DevKitS Block Diagram
5.2. Power Supply Options
There are three mutually exclusive ways to provide power to the board:
• Micro USB port, default power supply
• 5V and GND header pins
• 3V3 and GND header pins
It is advised to use the rst option: micro USB port.
5.3. Header Blocks
Table 5-1. Header Block
Location Label Signal
L1 G GND
L2 3V3 VDD 3V3
L3 3V3 VDD 3V3
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5. Hardware Reference
L4 EN CHIP_EN
L5 G GND
L6 14 GPIO14
L7 12 GPIO12
L8 13 GPIO13
L9 15 GPIO15
L10 2 GPIO2
L11 0 GPIO0
L12 G GND
L13 5V External 5V
L14 G GND
L15 G GND
R1 G GND
R2 16 GPIO16
R3 G GND
R4 TX U0TXD
R5 RX U0RXD
R6 G GND
R7 4 GPIO4
R8 RST EXT_RSTB
R9 5 GPIO5
R10 ADC To TOUT after a voltage divider
R11 G GND
R12 G GND
R13 G GND
R14 G GND
R15 G GND
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Appendix A
A. Appendix—Learning
Resources
A.1. Must-Read Documents
• ESP8266-DevKitS Reference Design
Description: This zip package include ESP8266-DevKitS schematics, PCB layout,
gerber and BOM les, and spring design les.
• ESP8266 Quick Start Guide
Description: This document is a quick user guide to getting started with ESP8266. It
includes an introduction to the ESP-LAUNCHER, how to download rmware on to the
board and run it, how to compile the AT application, structure and the debugging
method of RTOS SDK. Basic documentation and other related resources for the
ESP8266 are also provided.
• ESP8266 SDK Getting Started Guide
Description: This document takes ESP-LAUNCHER and ESP-WROOM-02 as examples
to introduce how to use ESP8266 SDK. The contents include preparations before
compilation, SDK compilation and rmware download.
• ESP-WROOM-02 Datasheet
Description: ESP-WROOM-02 is a SMD module that integrates ESP8266EX. The
module has been adjusted to get the best RF performance.
• ESP-WROOM-02D/ESP-WROOM-02U Datasheet
Description: ESP-WROOM-02D and ESP-WROOM-02U are ESP8266EX-based
modules developed by Espressif. Compared with ESP-WROOM-02, the RF
performance of ESP-WROOM-02D and ESP-WROOM-02U are optimized.
• ESP-WROOM-02 Reference Design
Description: This zip package includes ESP-WROOM-02 hardware downloading
resources, manufacturing speci cations, BOM and schematics.
• ESP-WROOM-02D/ESP-WROOM-02U Reference Design
Description: This zip package includes ESP-WROOM-02D and ESP-WROOM-02U
module reference design resources, including schematics, PCB layout, gerber les and
BOM lists.
• ESP-WROOM-02 PCB Design and Module Placement Guide
Description: The ESP-WROOM-02 module is designed to be soldered to a host PCB.
This document compares six different placements of the antenna on a host board and
provides notes on designing PCB.
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Appendix A
• ESP8266 Hardware Resources
Description: This zip package includes manufacturing speci cations of the ESP8266
board and the modules, manufacturing BOM and schematics.
• ESP8266 AT Command Examples
Description: This document introduces some speci c examples of using Espressif AT
commands, including single connection as a TCP Client, UDP transmission and
transparent transmission, and multiple connection as a TCP server.
• ESP8266 AT Instruction Set
Description: This document provides lists of AT commands based on
ESP8266_NONOS_SDK, including user-de ned AT commands, basic AT commands,
Wi-Fi AT commands and TCP/IP-related AT commands. It also introduces the
downloading of AT rmware into ash.
• TCP/UDP UART Passthrough Test Demonstration
Description: This guide is intended to help users run a TCP & UDP passthrough test on
the ESP8266 IoT platform.
• FAQ
A.2. Must-Have Resources
• ESP8266 SDKs
Description: This website page provides links to the latest version of ESP8266 SDK and
the older ones.
• ESP8266 Tools
Description: This website page provides links to the ESP8266 ash download tools and
ESP8266 performance evaluation tools.
• ESP8266 App
• ESP8266 Certi cation and Test Guide
• ESP8266 BBS
• ESP8266 Resources
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