ESP32 Forum

I've been poring over the schematic for the LCD kit, and I notice that many of the GPIO I/O expansion connector lines have 10K resistors pulling them up to +5V:

https://dl.espressif.com/dl/schematics/ ... _SCH-2.pdf

But when I look at the board, it *appears* these are all unpopulated (I see solder bumps but no resistors or solder bridging them). In addition, there are 0 ohm "resistors" that appear to be present (not sure why both are in the design).

Why is this, and are the GPIO pins in question actually being pulled up externally at all by any of the remaining external components? Or was that just a late design change (because pulling up ESP32 lines to 5V appears to be a bad idea)?

(edited title to clarify the correct name of the ESP-WROVER-KIT)

It was an optional idea the engineers had for some internal testing thing; I don't think we ever used it and iirc the new version of the kit won't have them anymore

New version, as in newer than what's currently shipping, possibly with the ESP32-WROVER on it? Cool!

I see pads but no resistors, so it looks electrically sound (no 5V pullups!) which was my main concern. Thanks for the info!

On https://dl.espressif.com/dl/schematics/ ... _SCH-2.pdf schematic +5V GPIO pull up resistors are marked as "10K(1%)(NC)" and in green font.
There are couple of other resistors (including 0 oHm) marked with NC and green.
They are not not connected / not populated on my board as well.

Ah! That makes sense, though I'm not sure why they're on there at all (perhaps the green elements mark late design changes). I'll watch out for that in the future.

In general, NC parts and 0-ohm resistor links are included when you're not sure what the level on the line needs to be, or if you want to have the option to repurpose the design without needing to spin a new PCB or manually solder bodge wires. You're right on the green bits; the black board you have is effectively the 2nd version; the 1st rev (iirc) was a limited batch of internal-only boards.