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ESP32-S2 playing with the mouse

A friend was recently complaining to me. He's now working from home and is worried that his employer is tracking his computer data. Since the computer goes into standby mode after a few minutes, he came up with the idea of constantly moving the mouse to prevent this. His wireless mouse even reaches the toilet, he said…

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Espressif IDF – Error Handling

Error handling in the IDF is one of the core functionalities. You'll encounter it in practically every example program, which is why I'd like to go into more detail here. All important IDF functions return error codes. These can either be handled manually (if condition + own handling) or they can be passed to a special macro (function) for...

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LILYGO EP32 S2 V1.1

Here is a board from the Liligo family with the new ESP32-S2. I have already reported on the ESP32-S2 HERE. It is a USB-C board. The ESP32 is directly soldered. The board has an on/off switch and a LiPo battery regulator with a JST connector. A connecting cable was supplied for the JST connector. The antenna is not soldered but consists of a small metal frame. An external antenna can also be connected. It has three push buttons, a DIP switch, and an SD card slot.

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Micropython auf ESP32 installieren

In this article, you'll find a brief description of how I install MicroPython on my ESP32 boards. For extensive information, a good starting point is the MicroPython ESP32 page. Facts: We want to load MicroPython firmware onto an ESP32, for which we will need: An ESP32 board with sufficient RAM, MicroPython firmware, Programming tool, Miscellaneous: USB cable for...

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