/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/esp32-devicesAfter looking around at the projects I could get started in, I am settling on one (or two) projects that are inexpensive and allow me to get my feet wet in electronics and assembly. The first project will be to work with the ESP32 micro-controll...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/esp32-devicesTue, 19 Nov 2019 21:16:30 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:99385cb2-cd37-4981-be66-ca5865fc1b11genebren1<p>Interesting start to your project. Is this going to be a part of your drink dispenser project?&nbsp; Either way, good luck and thanks for sharing your project with the community.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8232&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/esp32-devicesTue, 19 Nov 2019 15:17:09 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:99385cb2-cd37-4981-be66-ca5865fc1b11clem572<p>The board you need is a FTDI board to convert serial to USB for programming the device. They are usually around $10 or so. <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://www.instructables.com/id/ESP8266-Programming-Using-FTDI-and-Arduino-IDE/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.instructables.com/id/ESP8266-Programming-Using-FTDI-and-Arduino-IDE/">https://www.instructables.com/id/ESP8266-Programming-Using-FTDI-and-Arduino-IDE/</a>&nbsp; is a good explanation of attaching the two devices.</p><p>Looking further I found <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://amzn.to/2Ng2OKB" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">this on Amazon</a>. </p><p>Clem</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8232&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/esp32-devicesTue, 19 Nov 2019 15:11:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:99385cb2-cd37-4981-be66-ca5865fc1b11clem571<p><span>[mention:27d39c70cc104ad9b560ed1340f0da1c:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]</span> So is this <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://makeradvisor.com/esp32-cam-ov2640-camera/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://makeradvisor.com/esp32-cam-ov2640-camera/">https://makeradvisor.com/esp32-cam-ov2640-camera/</a>&nbsp; the one you received?</p><p>Clem</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8232&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">