@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The first thing you need is a board with an ESP8266 chip. The MicroPython
1818software supports the ESP8266 chip itself and any board should work. The main
1919characteristic of a board is how much flash it has, how the GPIO pins are
2020connected to the outside world, and whether it includes a built-in USB-serial
21- convertor to make the UART available to your PC.
21+ converter to make the UART available to your PC.
2222
2323The minimum requirement for flash size is 1Mbyte. There is also a special
2424build for boards with 512KB, but it is highly limited comparing to the
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ need to put your device in boot-loader mode, and second you need to copy across
7070the firmware. The exact procedure for these steps is highly dependent on the
7171particular board and you will need to refer to its documentation for details.
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73- If you have a board that has a USB connector, a USB-serial convertor , and has
73+ If you have a board that has a USB connector, a USB-serial converter , and has
7474the DTR and RTS pins wired in a special way then deploying the firmware should
7575be easy as all steps can be done automatically. Boards that have such features
7676include the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH and NodeMCU boards.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Serial prompt
128128
129129Once you have the firmware on the device you can access the REPL (Python prompt)
130130over UART0 (GPIO1=TX, GPIO3=RX), which might be connected to a USB-serial
131- convertor , depending on your board. The baudrate is 115200. The next part of
131+ converter , depending on your board. The baudrate is 115200. The next part of
132132the tutorial will discuss the prompt in more detail.
133133
134134WiFi
137137After a fresh install and boot the device configures itself as a WiFi access
138138point (AP) that you can connect to. The ESSID is of the form MicroPython-xxxxxx
139139where the x's are replaced with part of the MAC address of your device (so will
140- be the same everytime , and most likely different for all ESP8266 chips). The
140+ be the same every time , and most likely different for all ESP8266 chips). The
141141password for the WiFi is micropythoN (note the upper-case N). Its IP address
142142will be 192.168.4.1 once you connect to its network. WiFi configuration will
143143be discussed in more detail later in the tutorial.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ after it, here are troubleshooting recommendations:
169169
170170* The flashing instructions above use flashing speed of 460800 baud, which is
171171 good compromise between speed and stability. However, depending on your
172- module/board, USB-UART convertor , cables, host OS, etc., the above baud
172+ module/board, USB-UART converter , cables, host OS, etc., the above baud
173173 rate may be too high and lead to errors. Try a more common 115200 baud
174174 rate instead in such cases.
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