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Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4 Lite (zhimi.airp.rmb1)

dhewg edited this page Feb 8, 2024 · 3 revisions

Pictures

The Board:

zhimi airp rmb1-board

The required pins are nicely labeled:

zhimi airp rmb1-esp32

With attached DuPont wires, ready to access the flash:

zhimi airp rmb1-dupont

How to access the flash (no soldering required):

  • Power off the board
  • Connect GND (black wire), TX (yellow wire), and RX (red wire) to your 3.3V UART TTL adapter.
  • Short the two pins labeled BT and GND (green wires) just above the UART pins to keep the ESP32 in bootloader mode
  • Power on the board
  • You should now be able to use your ESP flashing tool of choice, like esptool.py (which is already available in your ESPHome venv)
  • Backup the full flash contents and put it somewhere safe
  • Write the initial ESPHome build
  • Power off the board
  • Remove the BT and GND connection
  • Power on the board