The Smart SMS Alert System using Seeed Studio Xiao ESP32 is one of the compact IoT projects that uses an HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor to detect nearby movement. The system acts like a motion detector ...

MicroPython is one of the most popular firmware for microcontrollers due to its ease of use. The MicroPython v1.27 release adds support for some interesting microcontrollers, namely Espressif Systems ...

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Originally, lv_micropython was created as an example of how to use lv_binding_micropython on a Micropython fork. Eventually it turned out that many people prefer using lv_micropython directly and only ...

What if the future of IoT didn’t depend on Wi-Fi? Imagine deploying a fleet of sensors in the remotest corners of the world, tracking wildlife, monitoring environmental changes, or managing logistics, ...

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Pagers may have largely gone out of fashion in the age of the smartphone, but the T-LoRa Pager from LILYGO puts a modern spin on the class communications device. It’s a portable device with a 2.33 ...

Recently there was a panicked scrambling after the announcement by [Tarlogic] of a ‘backdoor’ found in Espressif’s popular ESP32 MCUs. Specifically a backdoor on the Bluetooth side that would give a ...

A hot potato: The ESP32 chip, found in over a billion devices worldwide, contains undocumented vendor-specific commands that could potentially be misused to access device memory and manipulate ...

Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ...