Posts made by Tom Hayko

• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Thanks Alex.  I'll give it a try.  

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  Tom Hayko
  10/20/25, 4:00 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  I've finally gotten back to trying to debug this a bit more.  I've been sharing some traces, etc. with the esptool maintainers. They suggested that the problem may be caused by the lack of ca...

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  Tom Hayko
  10/13/25, 12:16 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Thanks Alex. I think I've been working a porting the Raspberry Pi code over myself, but I've run into a few challenges that are probably much more with my knowledge than anything else.

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  Tom Hayko
  5/20/25, 6:50 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Thanks for the reply! I still haven't tried getting a 5V external power supply yet. I've been trying to get the full functionality of the 8 MOSFET board working by using laptop I wasn't having tr...

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  Tom Hayko
  5/18/25, 8:32 PM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  I completely understand that there isn't much to go on here. I've tried making the sure the drivers are in sync between the two machines, and even the same driver consistently fails on my desktop,...

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  Tom Hayko
  4/20/25, 2:57 PM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Ok, so this gets stranger and stranger, and I'm not sure where to go from here: I've received the new board, tried it on my main dev computer (running Windows 11), and it gives me the same error :...

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  Tom Hayko
  4/17/25, 5:51 PM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Just to close this off, it looks like the board is defective. Sequent Microsystems is shipping me a new board, which, on top of all the troubleshooting that Alex had me do, is wonderful customer s...

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 9:12 PM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Alex, Thanks for going through all those troubleshooting steps. Here's photo of the backside of the card:

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 11:13 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Just to double check as well, here is photo of the board with the switches set:

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 11:01 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  I still get the same error with Arduino IDE 1.8.19 :(

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 10:52 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  alexburcea said: I had the impression you use Arduino 2.x, but if this is not the case, forget about my last message. i not sure if I'm answering the ...

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 10:36 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  I've selected "DOIT ESP32 DEVKIT V1" in the arduino IDE. Do you mean to try a previous version of the Arduino IDE?

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 10:01 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Thanks Alex. Is there any other troubleshooting I can do to determine that the problem is not between the keyboard and chair (as opposed to the board itself)?

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 9:37 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Alex, Thanks for the reply! I've followed the instructions from the readme, and I'm now trying to build and upload the gpio example from the arduino IDE. I'm still getting the same error. Here'...

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  Tom Hayko
  4/8/25, 6:55 AM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  I've also notice that the LED on the board doesn't come on when I plug in the USB cable. Does the board need another power source other than the USB cable?

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  Tom Hayko
  4/7/25, 10:06 PM
• ESP32-Pi - how to get it into download mode

  Sorry for the extreme newbie question, but it's been a bit since I've done any ESP32 Development. I've purchased an ESP32-Pi and a Eight MOSFETS 8-Layer Stackable HAT for Raspberry Pi a little whi...

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  Tom Hayko
  4/7/25, 9:01 PM