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One of the alternatives to work with ESP8266 Wi-Fi microcontroller is using the Arduino IDE. By default, it doesn't come with this board features. Arduino package is too old and doesn't have Board Manager, which is necessary to add ESP8266 add-on.

How should it be added?

Pablo Bianchi
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  1. Install Arduino IDE the latest version. On Ubuntu 16.04 the Arduino IDE version from repos is too old, doesn't have Board Manager.
  2. Go to File > Preferences and paste this link on Additional Boards Manager URLs.
  3. Go to Tools > Board > Boards Manager and from Type dropdown select Contributed.

  4. Select and install ESP8266:

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Pablo Bianchi
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