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esp8266 firmware and filesystem update with FTP client 2

esp8266 firmware and filesystem update with FTP client – 2

In this series of article about firmware and how to update It, I’d like to add a series of alternative methods of updating that are very useful for me.
In this article, we will learn how to add an FTP server to our device and use It to upload firmware and filesystem updates.

esp8266 self OTA update firmware in HTTPS SSL TLS with trusted self signed certificate 0

esp8266 self OTA update in HTTPS (SSL/TLS) with trusted self signed certificate – 3

OTA (Over the Air) update is the process of uploading firmware to an ESP module using a Wi-Fi connection rather than a serial port.
In this article we are going to explain OTA update via HTTPS secure connection, and with a valid self signed certificate trusted from the client.

esp8266 self OTA update firmware from server with version check and HTTPS 2

esp8266 self OTA update firmware from server with version check – 2

OTA (Over the Air) update is the process of uploading firmware to an ESP module using a Wi-Fi connection rather than a serial port. Such functionality becomes extremely useful in case of limited or no physical access to the module.
In this article we will explain the OTA update with an automatic REST request that starts the download and flash if the firmware version is not updated.

esp8266 self OTA update firmware from server 2

esp8266 self OTA update firmware from server – 1

OTA (Over the Air) update is the process of uploading firmware to an ESP module using a Wi-Fi connection rather than a serial port. Such functionality becomes extremely useful in case of limited or no physical access to the module.
In this article we will explain how to do an automatic update from an HTTP server.

Amazon AWS Smart Home Skill test and manage log 0

AWS Alexa Smart Home Skill: test your skill in dev and manage log – 7

I bought an Alexa device and since then I don’t want to press a button anymore and I want to turn all my devices into voice control.
We have reached the last phase, now we have to go and test our smart home skill on a device, this must first be enabled and linked to your Amazon developer account.

Amazon AWS Smart Home Skill deploy code and test lambda 0

AWS Alexa Smart Home Skill: load sample code and test Lambda – 6

I bought an Alexa device and since then I don’t want to press a button anymore and I want to turn all my devices into voice control. So I start this tutorial to explain how to create a simple custom Smart Home Skill.
In this article we upload the Lambda sample code, it must first be packaged and then uploaded to AWS as a function code.