ESP8266 blink not building to esp-01

Question

I am trying the esp8266 esp-01, and did all it asked on the arduino IDE side, but i am having problems compiling and building the blink example into the board

Using: FT232RL usb-ttl in the 3.3v configuration, two 1.6v (new) batteries to power the esp, and all the conections as indicated here (not using the led though).

when I hit (go) it compiles, but as it transfers both boards blink sincronously and I recive the following errors:

O sketch usa 219.479 bytes (50%) de espaço de armazenamento para programas. O máximo são 434.160 bytes. Variáveis globais usam 31.172 bytes (38%) de memória dinâmica, deixando 50.748 bytes para variáveis locais. O máximo são 81.920 bytes.

error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data error: failed reading byte warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data warning: espcomm_sync failed error: espcomm_open failed error: espcomm_upload_mem failed

I looks to me as a newbie that its trying to establish a link and failing... what could it be?

the configurations are default, programmer is "AVRISP MKII"

Answer 1

You did not put ESP8266 into programing mode.

the easiest way to do so is to make your own programing board, something like shown here. Go down to middle of the document to title "Writing a program to the ESP8266" where you will see a schematic of simple programing board. You will need two switches and a 10k resistor.

The voltage regulator can be omitted if you are powering it by 3.3v power. Also its a good idea to put a small capacitor (100uf) between vcc and ground to stabilize any drops in voltage which is primary cause of esp8266 rebooting it self.