• tetris11 3 days ago

    Useful for identifying the myriad of esp32* variants out there

    • extraduder_ire a day ago

      Can it actually tell specific esp boards apart?

      That'd be a lifesaver. I've often spent longer trying to find the closest sounding board name to what's silkscreened on the bottom of an esp board than I have writing code or programming it.

      • tetris11 a day ago

        Upon testing: no, it doesn't even know it's an ESP board, just some "USB Single Serial" device.

    • therafman 3 days ago

      Just love it! The list of serial ports found on the board is priceless for me. Thank you!

      • Liftyee 3 days ago

        Had to identify an unknown microcontroller earlier today and was thinking, "Surely there's a tool for this?!"

        HN did not disappoint! This aptly-named utility definitely beats trial and error uploading. Next time I'll give it a try.

        • ugh123 3 days ago

          This looks like it would be really useful for bulk provisioning of boards.