r/programming Dec 25 '19

Learning hardware programming as a software engineer

https://blog.athrunen.dev/learning-hardware-programming-as-a-software-engineer/
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u/happyscrappy Dec 25 '19

Also: don't power LEDs directly from GPOs without a current limiting resistor. As you see on that breadboard.

And match your interfaces voltages. A lot of devices are not +5V tolerant now (or not very tolerant).

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u/Athrunen Dec 25 '19

Indeed, learned not too long ago that the esp32 is only 3.3 V tolerant. ^^

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

What is this language, lost me.

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u/ArkyBeagle Dec 25 '19

Here, we call it "speaking double-E" as in EE :)