I think esp_restart causes a CPU reset, not a system reset. A CPU reset resets either one or both CPU cores but a system reset is similar to a power-on reset where the entire ESP32 is reset (CPUs and peripherals). The documentation states that system resets are only caused by the RTC watchdog timeou...

Hello, I need to force a system reset on the ESP32-PICO-D4 and from my understanding the RTC Watchdog is the only way from software to force the system reset. The register description and discussion of the Main System Watchdog Timer is quite good with a lot of detail about the registers. However, th...