This is a modified design of the socket done by tropics for my use.
( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:812793 )
And the circuit for the tester on the photo is here.
https://circuits.io/circuits/2694992-esp8266-test-board-1-1
There is a flash rom updater on this link. You can upload your own binary to the ESP8266 with this tool & USB FTDI connection.
https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-flasher
ESP8266.stl | 318.0KB | |
ESP8266_Socket.123dx | 184.3KB |