KeeYees ESP32S ESP32 Development Board 2.4 GHz Dual Core WLAN WiFi + Bluetooth 2-in-1 Microcontroller ESP-WROOM-32 Chip for Arduino (38PIN Narrow ...

I had trouble with one of the boards connecting. I figured out that if I opened the Serial Monitor on Adruino and made sure it connected correctly, I could then upload the sketch without having to press any buttons which never worked for me anyways.

The media could not be loaded. I used one of these programmed with WLED software to run 12V LEDs on my Christmas tree. It was a big project since you need a 12V power supply, a voltage converter (to get the 5v this device needs) and a box to connect multiple strings of lights into a central hub. Worth it. In the video, you might notice the star is doing its own thing. It's got another one of these microcontrollers wired up to a dozen white LEDs with some custom code (not WLED). That one runs off a USB plug which is a lot simpler.

Fits their expansion boards really nicely, also fits on standard breadboards with access to all the row pins (something most wider esp32 boards fail at). If you want to use ESPHome to do a simple LED test, you can add this config: switch: - platform: gpio pin: GPIO2 id: led22 name: "LED22" Which will let you toggle the blue led on/off. The red LED, from what I've read, is just on as long as there is 5v flowing into the chip. Rumor is you might be able to get around that by powering through the 3.3v pin instead, but I haven't tried that.

I got these to replace some nearly identical ones from a different seller which had super flaky wifi (it turned out due to counterfeit USB chip leaking high voltage to the ESP32). I'm happy to report that, despite having a no-name USB chip (CP2102 clone, I think) all the voltages measure as they should (unlike the other brand) and the units work so far flawlessly. I bought these from KeeYees this time because I had purchased some ESP8266s from them a long time ago which have worked great for years, and so far it looks like their ESP32s are similarly well-enough made. So, if you are scratching your head over which brand of this board to buy when there seem to be so many that are exactly the same: Beware they may be the same design but the components matter, and so far for me at least KeeYees has sent me good, working boards, spanning multiple years, which I can't say for some other random brands/sellers.

I just received my first two this afternoon, and uploaded several sketches to both. They work just fine. I like the little sticky tapes with the pin names on them. A few tips: 1) For those that complain about pressing the right-hand button to start an upload in the Arduino UI, this is very common, not a quirk in these particular boards. Not a big deal, really. Watch your sketch compile, then when it starts to upload, press the right-hand "boot" button for a few seconds. In my case, I hold the button until I see upload progress start, then let go. Nothing to it. 2) The on-board blue LED is connected to D2, by the way. Try the "blink" sketch first, and just change the default pin name or number to 2 instead of whatever the sketch default is. 3) When deciding what flavor of ESP32 board to select in the Arduino UI, I just use the generic "ESP32 Dev Module" and everything works fine for me. I have several other ESP32 modules, like the WROOM, and they all work with the Dev Module selection for me. Easy. 4) I also tried the very simple Wi-Fi server that can flash the on-board LED (no external connections needed) by going to Examples/WiFi/SimpleWiFiServer. Change the default pin 5 to pin 2 in several places, and then put in your home Wi-Fi SSID and your password. Enable the serial monitor for 115200 bps, and upload it. Once it connects, the ESP32 will tell you what its IP address is. Enter that IP address (like 192.168.1.123) in your phone or computer web browser, and you'll get a simple page coming from your ESP32 (which is now an HTTP server). The page tells you something like "click here to turn LED D2 on" (assuming you edited your sketch so that it says "D2" instead of D5) and a similar line to turn the LED off. Nothing to it, and you did this with zero hardware! 5) My modules did not have any labeling or silkscreen on them, but the included sticky labels are just fine. I stuck one set on the bottom of one module, and on the connector edge of the other. They are sticky enough that I'm not worried about them falling off. I really like these units, and will definitely buy more! I also bought a pair of the KeeYees breakout boards with screw terminals, and they perfectly match the pinout of these 38pin modules.