Thanks !
I would rather not use Jtag due to other constrains.
Ao what I gather from what you say is I can use the uart for programming if I put the esp to download mode, via hardware ?
Ben

Hey Ive designed a pcb with the esp32-c3-mini-1 as the main piece. I wanted to program the esp32 via the uart pins so i prepeared a uart connector with rx,tx,3v3,gnd pins. I would like to program the eap using an external ftdi connected to the laptop and to the uart connector , will that work? Or do...