Yes this is reassuring. I also looked up your name and saw that you are an Espressif engineer, so that confirmed things.
Will Espressif be updating their how-to install page to also recommend the IDE? Thanks

I had Eclipse with ESP-IDF setup a few years ago using Kolban's youtube guides. I'm trying to get back into it but of course versions are newer so that guide doesn't apply 100% now. But now I see this Espressif-IDE. It doesn't seem to be officially backed by Espressif but is used by some. My questio...

With nothing connected to the pin, - Internal Pull-down value: ~45K - Your Vcc: 3.3V (?) = 73uA per pin Depending on the external circuitry hooked to those pins, it could increase the current drain as well. The 45K pull-down is average, it can vary a lot. Can you share the general connection to each...

The I2C bus can hang up. "If the data line (SDA) is stuck LOW, the master should send nine clock pulses.The device that held the bus LOW should release it sometime within those nine clocks.If not, then use the HW reset or cycle power to clear the bus. The master I2C must be able to generate this “bu...

Well I can see how I may have caused the issue. With old age comes bad eyes. The GND pin that I thought I connected my logic analyzer to was actually the CMD pin of the ESP32 flash on my dev kit. Now I know why I was seeing crazy garbage on my SPI pins! SPI is better now, but I still have the garbag...

Has anyone seen this before? It only happens on one of my two ESP32 boards. I don't think it was happening before, at least I never noticed it (I'm sure I would have) Is this a partially corrupted bootloader? (Ignore the date codes that were generated). If it was a baud rate issue then you wouldn't ...

Further update. The negatives on the Maxim chip is the much higher standby current of around 100uA vs 1.xuA on the MCP part. Also, the leap year works until 2100 with Maxim, vs 2399 in the MCP. The Maxim has an integrated diode and resistor for the backup which saves you two parts on your board. Not...

Just to update my post. In my search for a different RTC that met my needs (size and cost) I discovered a pin-compatible chip to the MCP79510. The Maxim DS1390U/DS1394U. The advantage with this chip is better documentation, and there are at least some ESP32 projects with maxim RTC chips, although no...

You have the option for ultra-low quiescent current buck-boost regulators if you can deal with BGA packages. Or something like this LTC3443 if money is no object. http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/43210.pdf It's hard to find a buck-boost that is cheap, easy package to solder, decent current (600mA+)...

Just to be sure, do you have something else you can read with your meter? A separate source, like a desktop power supply with 12V output, with nothing connected to it. Just to ensure your meter is set right. It's not set to AC voltage is it? Some meters default every time you turn them on to AC. Can...