XDA Developers on MSN

The ESP32-A1S is the most underrated ESP32 board out there

Some ESP32 boards become community favourites because they're small, cheap, or easy to flash. The ESP32-A1S (known also as ...
XDA Developers on MSN

This $10 ESP32 board solved my smart home's biggest problem

The $10 ESP32 board has been a complete game-changer. It has helped transform my approach to building a reliable, ...
Hackaday

The ESP32 Bluetooth Backdoor That Wasn’t

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 ...
Fudzilla

ESP32 microchip has a backdoor

Espressif’s popular ESP32 microchip, found in over a billion devices, has been caught with its digital trousers down, thanks to an undocumented "backdoor" lurking in its Bluetooth firmware. For those ...
Bleeping Computer

Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

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 ...
EDN

Espressif Licenses and Deploys CEVA Bluetooth in ESP32 IoT Chip

“The IOT is a rapidly growing set of fragmented and multi-faceted applications. The combination of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth offers the best user experience, covering a wide range of use cases.” said Teo ...
Hackaday

Emulating A Bluetooth Keyboard With The ESP32

Most people associate the ESP family of microcontrollers with WiFi, which makes sense as they’ve become the solution of choice for getting your project online quickly and easily. But while the WiFi ...