I used to play around with 8051 variants and 8pin/16pin PICs back in 2010, whats the equivalent beginner chips now? I have been out of touch since around 2012, except for pi3/4.

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    1 year ago

    I think ali doesnt work in my country. But is it something like this?

    Whats the interface like? Would I need custom programmer boards? Serial com port etc?

    What about compilers? I saw riscv mentioned in some places, so would gcc work?

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      1 year ago

      You can find a lot of different dev boards with ESP32, like the one you mentioned. There is other with camera, e-paper screen drivers, smaller footprint (Xiao ESP32). The simplest way to program is using Arduino IDE, but I prefer using PlatformIO on VScode. GCC would work. The interface is with the USB port, which is used for COM port or for programming

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        The easiest way to program it would be using something like Esphome. I think Node Red is another tool that greatly simplifys things, but I haven’t had the time to mess with it yet.

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      Yes, that would be it!

      You can do everything using the existing USB port. What you cannot do in that board is use a debugger.