Introduction

The Marauder firmware is a popular firmware for Wi-Fi-enabled microcontrollers. It provides a robust set of features for Wi-Fi connectivity, including network scanning, connection management, and data transmission.

Requirements

Before you begin, make sure you have the following items:

• A Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board
• A USB cable
• A computer with a terminal emulator installed
• The Marauder firmware

Step 1: Connect the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board to Your Computer

Connect the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board to your computer using a USB cable. The board should appear as a serial port in your computer’s device manager.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

To flash the Marauder firmware, you need to install several dependencies. These dependencies include:

• Python 3
• esptool.py
• pyserial

You can install these dependencies using pip, the Python package manager, by running the following commands in a terminal: pip install esptool pyserial

Step 3: Erase the Flash Memory

Before flashing the Marauder firmware, you need to erase the flash memory of the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board. To do this, run the following command in your terminal: esptool.py –port /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash

Replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with the serial port of the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board on your computer.

Step 4: Flash the Marauder Firmware

To flash the Marauder firmware, run the following command in your terminal: esptool.py –port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash 0x0 marauder.bin

Replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with the serial port of the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board on your computer, and marauder.bin with the path to the Marauder firmware file on your computer.

Step 5: Verify the Firmware

Once the Marauder firmware is flashed, you can verify that it was successful by checking the serial output from the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board. Open a terminal emulator and connect to the serial port of the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board using the following settings:

• Baud rate: 115200
• Data bits: 8
• Stop bits: 1
• Parity: None

Once connected, you should see the Marauder firmware output in the terminal emulator.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked you through the steps to flash the Marauder firmware on the Flipper Wi-Fi Dev Board. By following these steps, you should be able to successfully flash the Marauder firmware and begin using its robust set of features for Wi-Fi connectivity.