Q:

Connect to ESP8266 running micropython from PUTTY

I am attempting to connect to an ESP8266 Board running micropython with no luck.  I have erased and flashed per the instructions in the docs and all instructions found on internet.  See below (this is on Windows 10):
C:\Users\Kevin\Documents\MicroPython\firmware>esptool.py --port com3 erase_flash
esptool.py v2.5.1
Serial port com3
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
MAC: 60:01:94:70:fc:da
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Erasing flash (this may take a while)...
Chip erase completed successfully in 2.5s
Hard resetting via RTS pin...

C:\Users\Kevin\Documents\MicroPython\firmware>esptool.py --port com3 --baud 460800 write_flash --flash_size=detect 0 esp8266-20180511-v1.9.4.bin
esptool.py v2.5.1
Serial port com3
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
MAC: 60:01:94:70:fc:da
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Changing baud rate to 460800
Changed.
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Flash params set to 0x0040
Compressed 604872 bytes to 394893...
Wrote 604872 bytes (394893 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 9.3 seconds (effective 522.8 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.

Leaving...
Hard resetting via RTS pin...

C:\Users\Kevin\Documents\MicroPython\firmware>

The board has AMICA printed on the back. See pic of the front.  It is connected on COM3 via USB.

When I connect to the board with PUTTY I get gibberish and the terminal is non-responsive.
Putty Serial Settings:
Speed: 115200
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Parity: None
Flow Control: None

When I hit reset on the board the gibberish on putty terminal clears and more appears.
Any thoughts on where I am going wrong?

A:

For those other newbies out there who stumble across this with similar problems...
I bought a new board, flashed it as above and connected with putty with the settings I have listed above with no issues.  So I am guessing a bad board.  Finally, I can get back to programming in Python.

