@papadeltasierra BTW the ESP32c3's USB mode is disabled; unless you enable it, it should run as a standard serial port (which is what I am now seeing).

@teastain Thank you! this is insightful. Really appreciated. i'd have to look into it when i have the time... perhaps the type of battery? i don't know. but at this point.. USB-C it is.. hahahah

@m4biz Fantastic news!

You can also put a small
delay(500);
In the loop to keep it from locking up and becoming very hard to upload another sketch!

But: GREAT JOB !

@basvandepavert Thanks for getting back to me!
Let me know!
-Terry

@patofoto Well, it took months and months but finally some guys over on the GitHub for ESP-Arduino finally found it!
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/8324#issuecomment-1725784617
The helper util file in the onewire lib had an outdated notion that there could not possibly be pins greater that 33.
I edited mine and now it works!
Wow, what a ride!
-Terry

@witchdoc Perfect! Thanks for getting back to me.

@llsummer Screenshot 2024-06-08 at 10.59.03 PM.png

You have to do more self-research. SD on ESP32 is not easy, but it can be done.
There are many many SD memories that cannot be used.

No, I will not elaborate.

@teastain2
Thanks, I'll take step 3

Does anyone else have any advice on what’s going on here?

@jimbrown-net Niiice!

@papbo What is your current ESP32 version? Try upgrading?

@cchobbyfun
Well, Arduino IDE 2.0 is much nicer to use with very little learning curve!
ESP 2.0.11 board defs are most likely mandatory but older ones may still work.
I would update all libraries and, then, I would copy the contents of the Lib directly to your libraries and overwrite all, as 'replace'. In that order.
["I typically download the zip from Git Hub and launch from the extracted files. Is that good enough? If I have that local file structure do I need any of the libraries installed? "] should be OK.

@teastain2 ok thanks for your help

Confirmed. I could get the display off the board without damaging it and it was instantly clear that this cable isn't attached: https://imgur.com/a/iql0GXk

I put the cable back, and nothing changed. Write timeout.
Then I disconnected both cables - to try just the board alone with no screen. Write timeout.
Then I went as low as 9600, then 1200 bits per second. Write timeout.

So the board is brand new, it worked for a few days. My theory is that when that cable began to get loose, it badly one of the examples I uploaded. Now it's generating a ton of errors I can see in serial monitor. A permanent storm of errors. It renders the CPU so busy that it can't respond to serial, just pushes out the errors.

So I'd need a hard reset pin, that can wipe the entire memory of the board. Any hints would be appreciated.

@teastain2 Oh, that's great! Thanks for support!

@eifel69
I was able to see the clock lettering (Alivaba font) by opening up the ESPTouch app and passing my WiFi credentials while the FACTORY was loaded in my T-Display-S3.

My favorite YouTuber Volos has a good video where he covers how to use custom fonts.
https://youtu.be/R-qFKemDFyM

This is part 3, so it’s also worth reviewing parts 1 and 2. Hope that helps.

UPDATE: Just realized my clock is an hour off. Hope your results are better.

@juande Well, no! I do not use long range WiFi, soi I have not tried.
See the picture I sent last summer and this one, just now:
opex.jpg
I would try a range test with the resistor in place and an IPEX antenna.
If not satisfactory I would unsolder the resistor as shown and rotate it 90 deg!
cheers -Terry

same problem iam facing

The other issue is I ordered the non-soldered version, which comes with the connector strips loose in the box.
Generally I prefer to solder in my own when needed, on the pins needed. But as the display overlaps the other side of the board it's going to require some really tricky, careful work to get them in there without damaging anything

The functionality of the board and display is fantastic. I think it's great, just a couple of physical issues for some applications. Ordering with pre-soldered pins is probably a better option for this one.

Did you find a solution to this?