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Review on πŸ“Ά Hiletgo ESP32 LCD WiFi Kit: Develop with Ease using the 1.14 Inch LCD Display, WiFi, Bluetooth & USB Type-C for Arduino ESP8266 NodeMCU by James Auzenne

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I thought I bricked it, but it came alive

If you have problems with the firmware of the device, try what I did: disconnect, hold down reset, connect, literally 30-40 seconds wait, upload some code, and after that you will see "Connecting.___". release the button And if the download doesn't begin immediately, press the reset button again and you're done. Now for the actual review: pretty much the same as everyone else - great little display, it's fast and crisp. It has 2 custom buttons that are very useful. And the value for money is amazing! One tip though, if you don't have much experience with embedded electronics / IoT / ESP32 in general, I recommend starting with the Arduino IDE or PlatformIO (using the Arduino platform). The preinstalled demo application uses the Arduino framework itself. Check out the LilyGO/TTGO-T display project on GitHub as a starting point. In the Arduino IDE and PlatformIO you need to select the Espressif ESP32 Dev Module as the board and maybe adjust some settings if you want. I have 80MHz flash speed, 921600 download speed, Qio flash mode and I actually lowered the CPU frequency from 240 to 80MHz (it got very hot and I didn't quite understand how I optimize my code for efficiency - all still learning sleep settings). Hope that helps.

Pros
  • Acceptable
Cons
  • There are nuances