ESP flash download tool. Flashing firmware without bootloader and partition bin files.

esp_love
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ESP flash download tool. Flashing firmware without bootloader and partition bin files.

Postby esp_love » Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:40 pm

I have a custom board design that uses the ESP32-WROOM-32D with 16 MB flash. I have written my firmware in Arduino IDE. Everything works perfectly when I flash the system from Arduino IDE. But when I flash the system with ESP flash download tool from Espressif, the flash download succeeds but the system goes into an infinite reboot loop (I am using esp flash download tool version 3.9.5). The following are my settings when I flash the system with the flash tool. These are the same in Arduino IDE.
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I get the following from esp flash download tool.
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It says No XMC flash detected (Dont know what this means), but flashing succeeds.

The partition table is as follows
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Why is my system stuck in infinite reboot loop after flashing with these settings using esp flash download tool?

Further, when I flash the firmware bin file only at address 0x10000 with esp download tools then everything works fine. So why do I need to flash the bootloader bin and partition table bin everytime I update the firmware, if flashing only the firmware bin file at the correct address will do the job.

ESP_Sprite
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Re: ESP flash download tool. Flashing firmware without bootloader and partition bin files.

Postby ESP_Sprite » Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:54 am

You're missing the (2nd stage) bootloader. Without that, the ESP32 won't boot.

esp_love
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Re: ESP flash download tool. Flashing firmware without bootloader and partition bin files.

Postby esp_love » Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:32 pm

The bootloader I am flashing at 0x1000 is not the second-stage bootloader? :o

ESP_Sprite
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Re: ESP flash download tool. Flashing firmware without bootloader and partition bin files.

Postby ESP_Sprite » Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:15 am

Ah, sorry, I was looking at the wrong picture.

Blazo12
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ESP flash download tool problem

Postby Blazo12 » Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:17 am

Hello,

I am having trouble with the Flash download tool for ESP32.
I have installed the necessary drivers, and when I connect it to the computer it recognises it as COM3.
However, once I start the installation, it only shows COM FAIL, even If I lower the BAUD speed.
Any advice on this?

Thank you.

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