Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

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Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by mleefers » Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:48 pm

I am trying to put the MicroPython firmware on my new feather Huzzah and I can flash the firmware fine and it seems to be successful but when I go to start the REPL in PuTTY I am getting a weird flashing line. I have attached some screenshots from flashing, PuTTY configs. and PuTTY console. I was able to flash it with CircuitPython and it worked fine but for some reason MicroPython is not working.
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PuTTY console screen (Its flashing that one line very fast)
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PuTTY configs
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command console after firmware flash
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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by manseekingknowledge » Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:13 am

The speed in your putty config looks correct, but every time I've seen the writings of Cthulhu in a terminal when attempting a serial connection it was because I had the speed wrong.

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by jimmo » Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:49 am

Probably not the reason, but have you tried using the latest version, v1.11?

If you press enter a few times at the terminal, does the prompt appear?

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by mleefers » Wed Aug 21, 2019 12:48 pm

Yeah, I've tried both versions and tried enter a few times in the console. Nothing seems to respond in the PuTTY console.

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by jimmo » Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:16 pm

And you've tries ctrl-c also?


Hrmm... I wonder... did you do an erase_flash before programming? Might be worth trying?

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by mleefers » Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:30 pm

I guess I didn't try ctl-c. I'll have to try that later (I'm at work now haha). I did erase the flash and re-flashed multiple times.

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by Roberthh » Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:40 pm

Did you switch flow control in Putty off?

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by mleefers » Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:17 pm

I have not messed with the flow control at all. currently it is set to XON/XOFF. Are you saying maybe I should try no flow control? I'm not sure what RTS/CTS or DSR/DTR actually are.

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by Roberthh » Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:18 pm

Set it to no glow control.

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Re: Adafruit Feather Huzzah esp8266 not running MicroPython

Post by mleefers » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:22 am

That did it for me. Thank you!

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