Checking out Stackoverflow now :) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66514659/how-to-flash-tasmota-or-anything-to-m5stack-atom-lite-esp32-pico-d4-using-es

Dear @felmue and @world101 - I've followed the published instructions and also the ^C is only present in the post thanks for pointing that out. So until now I don't have a solution to my problem...

Hi, I've tried so many things, but what is the correct way to flash a firmware to the M5Stack ATOM Lite ESP32 Development Kit using esptool? This (among many other commands) is not working

esptool.py --chip auto --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 --before default_reset --after hard_r^Cet write_flash -z --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 40m --flash_size detect 0x1000 /home/romeokienzler/Downloads/tasmota32.bin

When I look at the serial monitor of the arduino IDE i get

11:10:25.593 -> rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
11:10:25.593 -> configsip: 188777542, SPIWP:0xee
11:10:25.593 -> clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
11:10:25.593 -> mode:DIO, clock div:2
11:10:25.593 -> load:0x3f400020,len:289900
11:10:25.958 -> ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57 (edited)