# ESP8266

This tutorial will explain the installation of the ESP8266 board used in the ESP8266 Documentation found on the Antares Platform.

## Installation Step

### 1. Open Arduino IDE , Click Files -> Preferences

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### 2. Enter the following URL into Additional Board Manager URLs and click OK.

```
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
```

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{% hint style="info" %}
You can add multiple URLs by adding commas to separate them if needed.

```
URL1,URL2
example : 
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json,URL2
```

{% endhint %}

### 3. Click **Tools -> Board -> Boards Manager**

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### 4. Enter keyword "esp8266" in the search box to make it easier for you. If you have found esp8266 by ESP8266 Community, in the Antares documentation using version 3.1.2 and then click Install.

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### 5.  Wait a while for the installation to complete

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