ESP32 phy_init partition has no size - microcontroller

I want to flash the ESP32-D0WDQ6 chip, but the code will not run. In the monitor I can see that the app actually never loads. The partition phy_init does not seem to have any size and the chip gets stuck after that line.
Monitor output:
rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x33 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0030,len:6744
load:0x40078000,len:14236
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x40080400,len:3716
entry 0x40080680
I (28) boot: ESP-IDF v4.4-dev-1404-gc13afea63 2nd stage bootloader
I (28) boot: compile time 23:43:03
I (28) boot: chip revision: 1
I (32) boot_comm: chip revision: 1, min. bootloader chip revision: 0
I (40) boot.esp32: SPI Speed : 40MHz
I (44) boot.esp32: SPI Mode : DIO
I (49) boot.esp32: SPI Flash Size : 2MB
I (53) boot: Enabling RNG early entropy source...
I (59) boot: Partition Table:
I (62) boot: ## Label Usage Type ST Offset Length
I (70) boot: 0 nvs WiFi data 01 02 00009000 00006000
I (77) boot: 1 phy_init RF data 01 01 0000f000 0000
My partition table:
nvs,data,nvs,0x9000,24K,
phy_init,data,phy,0xf000,4K,
factory,app,factory,0x10000,1M
Flash command:
esptool.py esp32 -p /dev/ttyACM0 -b 115200 --before=no_reset --after=hard_reset write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 40m --flash_size 2MB 0x1000 bootloader/bootloader.bin 0x8000 partition_table/partition-table.bin 0x10000 my_project.bin

I actually found a solution to the problem:
This is the WiFi NINA W102 module, which has only 2MB of storage. The problem to it crashing was just another one: To keep the NINA running, the RESET pin has to be pulled high all time. The Arduino script pulls it low after some time by itself so keeping it pulled high when the code should be executed did the trick. There is still crashed but downgrading to a stable IDF version resolved every issue.

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Having trouble stopping U-Boot autoboot

Background:
I have an old Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 that I'm trying to install Debian on by following the instructions here: https://github.com/hn/seagate-blackarmor-nas.
I have a couple of USB to TTL serial adapters (one FTDI chipset and the other Prolific) that I've tried and have run into the same issue with both. I have made the connection to the serial port on the board of the NAS using a multimeter to make sure I've gotten the pinout correct.
Problem:
I'm not able to stop the autoboot process by pressing keys and any point during the boot process. The device also does not seem to respond to any keystrokes although they are echoed back.
What I've Tried So Far:
Using USB to TTL serial adapters with two different chipsets
Using the adapters on two different computers (MacBook Pro and a ThinkPad)
Using different operating systems (MacOS, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04)
Using different terminal programs (Screen, Minicom, Putty)
Turned off hardware and software flow control
Tested output of adapters by shorting RX and TX pins and seeing keystrokes echoed back
Commands seem to be sent to device as when I type I see my commands echoed back (not sure if this is supposed to happen)
I've been at this for a few days and can't figure it out. I've also recorded my screen while experiencing the issue: https://streamable.com/xl43br. Can anyone see where I'm going wrong?
Terminal output while experiencing the problem:
Welcome to minicom 2.7.1
OPTIONS:
Compiled on Nov 15 2020, 08:12:42.
Port /dev/tty.usbserial-AQ00KV6T, 16:51:31
Press Meta-Z for help on special keys
???
__ __ _ _
| \/ | __ _ _ ____ _____| | |
| |\/| |/ _` | '__\ \ / / _ \ | |
| | | | (_| | | \ V / __/ | |
|_| |_|\__,_|_| \_/ \___|_|_|
_ _ ____ _
| | | | | __ ) ___ ___ | |_
| | | |___| _ \ / _ \ / _ \| __|
| |_| |___| |_) | (_) | (_) | |_
\___/ |____/ \___/ \___/ \__| ** uboot_ver:v0.0.5 **
** MARVELL BOARD: MONO LE
U-Boot 1.1.4 (Nov 6 2009 - 11:15:26) Marvell version: 3.4.18
U-Boot code: 00600000 -> 0067FFF0 BSS: -> 006CDE60
Soc: 88F6192 A1 (DDR2)
CPU running # 800Mhz L2 running # 400Mhz
SysClock = 200Mhz , TClock = 166Mhz
DRAM CAS Latency = 3 tRP = 3 tRAS = 8 tRCD=3
DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000 size 128MB
DRAM Total size 128MB 16bit width
Addresses 8M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (8M - 7M): Done
NAND:d32 MB
Marvell Serial ATA Adapter
Integrated Sata device found
CPU : Marvell Feroceon (Rev 1)
Scanning partition header:
Found sign PrEr at c0000
Found sign KrNl at 2c0000
Found sign RoOt at 540000
Streaming disabled
Write allocate disabled
USB 0: host mode
PEX 0: interface detected no Link.
Net: egiga0 [PRIME]
0 any key to stop autoboot: 1
NAND read: device 0 offset 0xc4000, size 0x195200
Reading data from 0x259000 -- 100% complete.
1659392 bytes read: OK
Calculate CRC32:
crc32 checksum Pass
NAND read: device 0 offset 0x2c4000, size 0x21c000
Reading data from 0x4dfe00 -- 100% complete.
2211840 bytes read: OK
Calculate CRC32:
crc32 checksum Pass
## Booting image at 00040000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.22.18
Created: 2009-11-06 3:38:29 UTC
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 2211388 Bytes = 2.1 MB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
OK
Starting kernel ...
Uncompressing Linux.......................................................................................................................................... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.6.22.18 (root#jasonDev.localdomain) (gcc version 4.2.1) #1 Fri Nov 6 11:38:22 CST 2009 v0.0.7
CPU: ARM926EJ-S [56251311] revision 1 (ARMv5TE), cr=00053977
Machine: Feroceon-KW
Using UBoot passing parameters structure
Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
CPU0: D VIVT write-back cache
CPU0: I cache: 16384 bytes, associativity 4, 32 byte lines, 128 sets
CPU0: D cache: 16384 bytes, associativity 4, 32 byte lines, 128 sets
Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 32512
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=nand_mtd:0x000a0000#0x0(uboot),0x00010000#0x000a0000(param),0x00200000#0x000c0000(preroot),0x00280000#0x002c0000(uimage),0x01a000000
PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes)
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Memory: 128MB 0MB 0MB 0MB = 128MB total
Memory: 109056KB available (4048K code, 289K data, 128K init)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
NET: Registered protocol family 16
CPU Interface
-------------
SDRAM_CS0 ....base 00000000, size 128MB
SDRAM_CS1 ....disable
SDRAM_CS2 ....disable
SDRAM_CS3 ....disable
PEX0_MEM ....base e8000000, size 128MB
PEX0_IO ....base f2000000, size 1MB
INTER_REGS ....base f1000000, size 1MB
NFLASH_CS ....base fa000000, size 2MB
SPI_CS ....base f4000000, size 16MB
BOOT_ROM_CS ....no such
DEV_BOOTCS ....no such
CRYPT_ENG ....base f0000000, size 2MB
Marvell Development Board (LSP Version KW_LSP_4.2.7_patch21_with_rx_desc_tuned)-- MONO Soc: 88F6192 A1 LE
Detected Tclk 166666667 and SysClk 200000000
MV Buttons Device Load
Marvell USB EHCI Host controller #0: c05b4600
PEX0 interface detected no Link.
PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers enabled
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
NET: Registered protocol family 2
Time: kw_clocksource clocksource has been installed.
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic numbers); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 16384K
RTC registered
Use the XOR engines (acceleration) for enhancing the following functions:
o RAID 5 Xor calculation
o kernel memcpy
o kenrel memzero
Number of XOR engines to use: 4
cesadev_init(c00116c4)
mvCesaInit: sessions=640, queue=64, pSram=f0000000
MV Buttons Driver Load
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir#monad.swb.de).
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) ?Â?© 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
fuse init (API version 7.8)
SGI XFS with large block numbers, no debug enabled
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xf1012000 (irq = 33) is a 16550A
serial8250.0: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xf1012100 (irq = 34) is a 16550A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 2 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
loop: module loaded
Loading Marvell Ethernet Driver:
o Cached descriptors in DRAM
o DRAM SW cache-coherency
o Single RX Queue support - ETH_DEF_RXQ=0
o Single TX Queue support - ETH_DEF_TXQ=0
o TCP segmentation offload enabled
o Receive checksum offload enabled
o Transmit checksum offload enabled
o Network Fast Processing (Routing) supported
o Driver ERROR statistics enabled
o Driver INFO statistics enabled
o Proc tool API enabled
o Rx descripors: q0=256
o Tx descripors: q0=532
o Loading network interface(s):
o egiga0, ifindex = 1, GbE port = 0
Warning: Giga 1 is Powered Off
mvFpRuleDb (c73ab000): 1024 entries, 4096 bytes
e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.17-k4-NAPI
e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation
Integrated Sata device found
scsi0 : Marvell SCSI to SATA adapter
scsi1 : Marvell SCSI to SATA adapter
NFTL driver: nftlcore.c $Revision: 1.98 $, nftlmount.c $Revision: 1.41 $
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0x75 (Samsung NAND 32MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
Scanning device for bad blocks
7 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device nand_mtd
Using command line partition definition
Creating 7 MTD partitions on "nand_mtd":
0x00000000-0x000a0000 : "uboot"
0x000a0000-0x000b0000 : "param"
0x000c0000-0x002c0000 : "preroot"
0x002c0000-0x00540000 : "uimage"
0x00540000-0x01f40000 : "rootfs"
0x01f40000-0x02000000 : "misc"
0x00000000-0x02000000 : "flash"
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.70059: Marvell Orion EHCI
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.70059: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.70059: irq 19, io base 0xf1050100
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.70059: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_marvell and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-1:1.0: 4 ports detected
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
i2c /dev entries driver
attach_adapter....
md: linear personality registered for level -1
md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
md: raid10 personality registered for level 10
raid6: int32x1 73 MB/s
raid6: int32x2 80 MB/s
raid6: int32x4 83 MB/s
raid6: int32x8 74 MB/s
raid6: using algorithm int32x4 (83 MB/s)
md: raid6 personality registered for level 6
md: raid5 personality registered for level 5
md: raid4 personality registered for level 4
raid5: measuring checksumming speed
arm4regs : 722.800 MB/sec
8regs : 503.200 MB/sec
32regs : 600.000 MB/sec
raid5: using function: arm4regs (722.800 MB/sec)
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: dm-devel#redhat.com
dm_crypt using the OCF package.
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
wix gpio_init
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31 09:03:25 2007 UTC).
ALSA device list:
No soundcards found.
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 1620KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem) readonly.
Freeing init memory: 128K
Enter Pre-Root FileSystem:
FW_UPDATE_FLAG_RES:1
BOARDTEST_FALG:0
DSK1_RES:1
DSK2_RES:1
DSK3_RES:1
DSK4_RES:1
DSK1_S_RES:
DSK2_S_RES:
DSK3_S_RES:
DSK4_S_RES:
CHK_RES:1
MD0CHK_RES:1
init started: BusyBox v1.1.1 (2008.10.08-08:58+0000) multi-call binary
Starting pid 396, console /dev/ttyS0: '/etc/init.d/rcS'
Starting network...
Starting inetd... OK
NOT_DEF_RES:0
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
FAT: unable to read boot sector
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
FAT: unable to read boot sector
FAT: unable to read boot sector
egiga0: started
admindasdas
So it turns out there is a short somewhere between the RX pin and the +3.3V pin which is not allowing me to send anything to the board. Thank you to those who have commented.

Espruino 1.94 on ESP8266 12E does not work

I'm a newbie to this, so please bear with me.
Trying to load the latest Espruino firmware 1.94 to my ESP8266 12E boards. It came with Node MCU and I used it to flash Arduino programs through it's IDE and Arduino programs worked perfectly.
I have 3 ESP8266 units and tried flashing Espruino on all of them and had no luck.
My Os is Windows 10 Pro (64bit)
Symptoms:
I do not see any flashing errors. All flashing programs seems ends successfully.
Espruino IDE communications Baud rate is set to 115200.
At first connect from Espruino IDE, it says disconnected.
At second connect from IDE, it connects. But on the terminal prompt I cannot type anything. prompt does not accept any text.
I used PuTTY, still the same. I do not see a thing. Cannot type any text at the prompt.
PuTTY
PuTTY Terminal. No response
I used esptool.py to flash the firmware
For python I use Enthought Canopy
firmware I used for my board is "espruino_1v94_esp8266_4mb"
I did a erase flash first. command line for that
python "../../esptool/esptool.py" --port COM4 erase_flash
output
esptool.py v2.2-dev
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8266EX
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Erasing flash (this may take a while)...
Chip erase completed successfully in 8.3s
Hard resetting...
Command line I used to to flash to board,
python "../../esptool/esptool.py" --port COM4 --baud 115200 write_flash --flash_freq 80m --flash_mode qio --flash_size 4MB 0x0000 "boot_v1.6.bin" 0x1000 espruino_esp8266_user1.bin 0x3FC000 esp_init_data_default.bin 0x3FE000 blank.bin
output of flashing...
esptool.py v2.2-dev
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8266EX
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Flash params set to 0x004f
Compressed 3856 bytes to 2763...
Wrote 3856 bytes (2763 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 0.3 seconds (effective 119.6 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 480292 bytes to 336714...
Wrote 480292 bytes (336714 compressed) at 0x00001000 in 30.0 seconds (effective 128.1 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 128 bytes to 75...
Wrote 128 bytes (75 compressed) at 0x003fc000 in 0.0 seconds (effective 53.9 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 4096 bytes to 26...
Wrote 4096 bytes (26 compressed) at 0x003fe000 in 0.0 seconds (effective 2340.6 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Leaving...
Hard resetting...
Please help me find a solution for this.
Thank you!

ESP8266 and Arduino UNO

I am trying to upload a sketch and getting below error:
Except the usual connection my GPIO 0 is grounded.
Arduino: 1.8.1 (Windows 10), Board: "Generic ESP8266 Module, 80 MHz, 40MHz,
DOUT, 115200, 512K (64K SPIFFS), ck, Serial1, All"
Sketch uses 232813 bytes (53%) of program storage space. Maximum is 434160 bytes
Global variables use 34092 bytes (41%) of dynamic memory, leaving 47828 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 81920 bytes.
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
You must have a bad connection. I recommend that you follow this scheme that I leave here.
ESP01 connection with Arduino UNO
You can also consult this complete guide on the ESP01 (https://programarfacil.com/podcast/como-configurar-esp01-wifi-esp8266/) that although it is in Spanish, is very simple to follow.
Make sure GPIO 0 is grounded, and then reset the ESP8266. Also make sure you have 3.3v coming in to CH_PD and RST. Set baud rate to 115200 unless you changed it already.

Unable to upload code to a NodeMCU Board

I have 4 NodeMCU boards, 3 of them I can use and 1 I can't seem to upload any of my code to. It does boot, and I can get a readout of it on the serial port.
On boot:
ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:2, boot mode:(3,6)
load 0x40100000, len 1856, room 16
tail 0
chksum 0x63
load 0x3ffe8000, len 776, room 8
tail 0
chksum 0x02
load 0x3ffe8310, len 552, room 8
tail 0
chksum 0x79
csum 0x79
2nd boot version : 1.5
SPI Speed : 40MHz
SPI Mode : DIO
SPI Flash Size & Map: 8Mbit(512KB+512KB)
jump to run user1 # 1000
rf[112] : 03
rf[113] : 00
rf[114] : 01
SDK ver: 1.5.4(baaeaebb) compiled # May 17 2016 19:23:54
phy ver: 972, pp ver: 10.1
I also tried doing a reset with the flash button held down:
ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:2, boot mode:(1,6)
I don't get any compile errors with my code, and the code works perfectly fine on the other 3 NodeMCU boards. When I try to upload (regardless of boot mode) I see the blue light near the ESP8266 chip blink a couple of times, and then I get the following errors output:
Sketch uses 230061 bytes (22%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1044464 bytes.
Global variables use 34612 bytes (42%) of dynamic memory, leaving 47308 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 81920 bytes.
warning: espcomm_sync failed
error: espcomm_open failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
I've also tried grounding D0 and connecting the EN pin to 3.3v, which changes the boot mode to ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:2, boot mode:(1,7) and the red onboard LED turns on, but still doesn't allow me to upload code.
ENVIRONMENT (these settings work on all my other NodeMCU Boards and I did confirm this is a 1.0 board)
IDE: Arduino 1.8.0
Board: NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E)
CPU: 80 MHz
Flash Size: 4M (3M SPIFFS)
Upload Speed: 115200

How to get the ESP8266 to work in update mode?

I have been trying to get my WiFi module, ESP8266 to work in the "update mode" where you connect GPIO_0 to ground.
The board is functional when GPIO_0 is disconnected from ground and I am able to use AT commands to talk to it via the Arduino serial monitor.
Following is what it prints upon connecting:
ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:4, boot mode:(3,6)
wdt reset
load 0x40100000, len 1396, room 16
tail 4
chksum 0x89
load 0x3ffe8000, len 776, room 4
tail 4
chksum 0xe8
load 0x3ffe8308, len 540, room 4
tail 8
chksum 0xc0
csum 0xc0
2nd boot version : 1.4(b1)
SPI Speed : 40MHz
SPI Mode : DIO
SPI Flash Size & Map: 8Mbit(512KB+512KB)
jump to run user1 # 1000
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Ai-Thinker Technology Co.,Ltd.
ready
However, I cannot do most things as the firmware is out of date.
As a result, I am trying to update it (with no success)
When I set it to update mode and use the python tool "esptool.py", the script fails to connect to the ESP board.
Following is the command:
python esptool.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash 0x00000 "/home/aditya/Desktop/v0.9.2.2 AT Firmware.bin"
Following is the output:
Connecting...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "esptool.py", line 532, in <module>
esp.connect()
File "esptool.py", line 159, in connect
raise Exception('Failed to connect')
Exception: Failed to connect
I have even run the Windows counterpart of this tool "ESP Flasher" with no luck
The one who helps will be given a cookie (unless you value privacy)
This tool (esptool.py) works with a ROM bootloader, which is only started if GPIO_0 is tied to the GND during hardware reset. Bootloader also times out pretty fast, so just connecting GPIO_0 to the ground is not enough.
For me, following works:
Connect TXD/RXD/GND/VCC to the PC and CH_PD to VCC;
Make sure I can talk to the firmware via terminal (picocom/minicom/etc);
Connect GPIO_0 to the GND;
Connect RST to GND;
Release RST;
Run esptool.py
If still no dice, swap 5 and 6 above, i.e. first run esptool.py, then (as quickly as possible) release/disconnect RST. You will only have a second or two before esptool.py times out.
Try making the ground of all devices connected: if you have a level shifter inbetween, make sure the GND is tied to the GND of Arduino and also to the RS232 GND.

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