Comments on: ESP-IDF: ESP32 GPIO – Control Digital Outputs https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp-idf-esp32-gpio-outputs/ Learn ESP8266, ESP32, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:56:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Joe Margevicius https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp-idf-esp32-gpio-outputs/#comment-1074984 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:56:54 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=173537#comment-1074984 Thanks Sara and Rui for all that you provide !! .. I will say that I have been coding as a (hardware) engineer for at least 30 years and am not a beginner at the common languages, but as a previous engineering manager posted on his office door: The Simple Solution Wins. … (i.e. engineers tend to make things so complicated – because they can – that it takes longer to get to market, is difficult to troubleshoot, and even support). I know ESP-IDF gives more options to do things, and I was really stuck back a few years with the support for the S3 device in PlatformIO/Arduino. That said, I will be happy to see the things that you come up with for this more complex platform, things that just plain can’t be done in PlatformIO/Arduino. Thank you for the help you provide!

]]> By: Sara Santos https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp-idf-esp32-gpio-outputs/#comment-1074939 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 11:00:44 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=173537#comment-1074939 In reply to Joe Margevicius.

Hi.
Yes. This type of programming is definitely not for beginners. But, this is a very requested subject by many of our readers.
So, we started creating a series on this topic.
However, for most hobbyist, you’ll be fine with Arduino coding style.

Regards,
Sara

]]> By: Joe Margevicius https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp-idf-esp32-gpio-outputs/#comment-1074418 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:12:44 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=173537#comment-1074418 Wow, thanks Rui for this tutorial on ESP-IDF in VCS. I have to comment that, compared to PlatformIO in VCS, the code looks quite bulky and a bit obscure to just turn on/off an LED ! … something more complex (e.g. webserver) must be incomprehensible to all but software engineeers ! … I suppose that is the cost of getting access to the latest devices.

]]> By: Bryan https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp-idf-esp32-gpio-outputs/#comment-1074275 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:45:57 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=173537#comment-1074275 I have been curious about IDF for some time. I understand that it gives you more granular control over the ESP32. It appears to be more verbose than Arduino ide thou. Have you used it enough to be comfortable with it? If so, which one do you prefer for common projects? Are you planing to expand this topic?

Thanks for sharing.

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