Flash Airscope Firmware#

The assembled Airscope needs to be programmed to run the Airscope firmware before use.

Flash Airscope firmware

Cable connection for flashing#

  • Connect the burning board to the main PCB.

  • Connect the UART pins to the USB converter following the diagram: GND to GND, RX to TX, TX to RX, and VCC to VCC. Then connect the USB converter to the computer.

  • Before flashing, connect IO0 to GND. This puts the ESP32 into flashing mode.

Flashing the firmware with Arduino IDE#

  • Download and install the Arduino IDE. Then install ESP32 board support through the Arduino IDE Boards Manager. See the official ESP32 Arduino installation guide.

  • Download the firmware from the GitHub repo, and open Airscope.ino in the Arduino IDE.

  • Select AI Thinker ESP32-CAM as the board, then click Upload.

  • After the upload is complete, disconnect IO0 from GND. Power-cycle the board to restart it in normal running mode.