Out of frustration I bought the Adafruit Huzzah32 and ran the same code just changing some of the pin numbers. It worked as I expected using just external power. It powered up and I was able to access BLE and turn stuff on and off. So it is something with the HiLetgo design. I had simplified the cod...

I am using the ESP32 board from HiLetgo https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0718T232Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have been trying to isolate an issue with Bluetooth not booting correctly when I power from an external 5v, but it starts correctly when the USB is connected. When ...