BMDS
Bare Metal Do Stuff — installer for the Olimex ESP32-P4-PC
Browser
This browser can't talk to serial ports.
The installer needs Web Serial: Chrome, Edge or another Chromium browser on a desktop computer. Or flash with esptool from the release's flash zip.
1. Firmware
Not chosen yet.
Choose the firmware folder (the one with flash.json, made by
tools/mkinstaller).
2. Board
Plug the board's USB port into this computer, then connect. The browser asks which port: pick the one named USB JTAG/serial debug unit.
Troubleshooting
3. Install
Choose the firmware and connect the board first.
3. Install
3. Install
3. Installing
Starting…
Keep this page open and the board plugged in.
3. Install
The install failed:
The board's recovery firmware may still start; if not, reload this page and try again. Holding BOOT while pressing RESET puts the board in its download mode by hand.
3. Installed
BMDS is installed and the board is starting.
Next, plug in the monitor, keyboard, mouse and Ethernet, and put in an SD card (FAT32 or exFAT). A window on the desktop offers to install the standard set of programs from the network. Without a network, unzip the release's packages zip onto the card first: the window finds the packages there.
4. Set up (optional)
The page types these into the board's console for you, and shows what it typed. Leave a field empty to keep what the board has.