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Ali Slim's ESP Offline Flasher Offers a One-Touch Approach to Blowing Firmware Onto Espressif's MCUs (www.hackster.io)
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[โ€“] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Blowing firmware is an old term that was used with PROM. Each bit was a fuse and you would blow the fuses to change them from a 1 to a 0.

[โ€“] jayemar@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Oh cool, now I understand the phrase. Thanks for the explanation!