Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

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Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by piotrmichna » Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:59 pm

I had it working well before so must have done something wrong obviously.
Whenever I am trying to open .bin firmware file for flashing it freezes Thonny. More so if I am trying to do exactly the same it freezes Mu Editor as well! Weirdly enough I can do anything else in both.
Has anyone got a clue what I have done wrong? Last thing I was trying to do before it started to happen was copying nano-gui directory to my ESP32 (which did not happen unfortunately) I am a bit lost as I am not professional but more like a hobbyist in this field.

Anybody could help please?

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Re: Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by Roberthh » Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:39 pm

which esp32 board do you use?

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Re: Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by jimmo » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:54 pm

piotrmichna wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:59 pm
More so if I am trying to do exactly the same it freezes Mu Editor as well! Weirdly enough I can do anything else in both.
I didn't know Mu supported flashing firmware... although it has been a while since I looked. Can you clarify what you mean by "open .bin firmware file"?

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Re: Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by piotrmichna » Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:12 am

I am using ESP32 WROOM 38PIN and all was working fine before.
Issue appears when I click brows for firmware file. A window pops up and freezes IDE (any).
Tried to reinstall it but it did not help either.

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Re: Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by aivarannamaa » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:51 pm

Which OS and Thonny version are you using?
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Re: Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by piotrmichna » Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:51 am

Windows 10. Problem seems to be solved. Well at least bit. It freezes when I open 'downloads' folder but when go to an empty one on the desktop it works fine. Probably to much junk in downloads..

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Re: Thonny freezing when trying to flash firmware

Post by aivarannamaa » Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:34 am

I've seen the file preview feature in Windows Explorer (and also in open dialogs) having difficulties with certain files.
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