diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef94eba..c2a4dec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ _autosave*
 export
 *.kicad_pcb-bak
 *rescue.lib
+firmware/*.bin
+*.drl
+*.g*
+*.ps
+*.zip
diff --git a/firmware/Makefile b/firmware/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..240cb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+NAME=esp8266-20180511-v1.9.4.bin
+
+flash:
+	wget -c http://micropython.org/resources/firmware/${NAME}
+	esptool.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash 0 ${NAME}
+
+erase:
+	esptool.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash
+
+upload:
+	ampy -p /dev/ttyUSB0 put picoweb.py
+	ampy -p /dev/ttyUSB0 put timezone.py
+	ampy -p /dev/ttyUSB0 put main.py
+
+console:
+	echo "Ctrl-A + Ctrl-Q to close Picocom"
+	picocom -b115200 /dev/ttyUSB0