Hello, I have a big problem with connecting the ESP32 board. When I plug it in my Laptop can not find this device. I installed everything, Arduino software, esp, xtensa, driver. The device manager can't see it at all. I tried 3 Laptop and cable is correct (not only for charging)
I have no idea what to do. The LED on ESP32 is working, but that's all. Have I deleted the bootloader?
my esp 32 board
it has been working last sunday but when I tried to connect it to my Laptop it couldn't find it in COM Port section of device manager
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Hi @ysrr. I did a little bit of investigation about the causes of this "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" error when using boards that have a Silicon Labs CP210x USB to serial bridge chip. I found that it might be caused by having a low quality, defective, or damaged USB cable, or a problem with the USB hub between the computer and the board.
If you have other suitable USB cables on hand, try using those. If you are using a USB hub, try connecting the USB cable directly to your computer.
I'll try buying usb cables, but in any case about "problem with the USB hub between the computer and the board." does this mean that esp32 port is somehow damaged?
That wasn't what I intended to communicate. By "USB hub", I'm talking about something like this, which is used to increase the number of USB devices you can connect to your computer:
If the USB cable of the ESP32 board is plugged into something like that instead of plugged directly into your computer, then try plugging it in directly to your computer. If the board's USB cable is already plugged directly into your computer then just forget about the USB hub thing.
I see, the ESP32 is directly plugged to the Laptop, when I press reset button the red LED blinks but it is not discoverable by the device manager. So my only choice is either buy new esp32 or find other cables? Could this cable work? i think this is for arduino boards.
If ever I'm buying a new esp32 could you recommend me to some models? I'm running on a project right now called Sign Gloves esp32 based. I'm new to this esp32 microcontroller
I don't guarantee that replacing the cable will solve the problem. I don't have any personal experience with this problem as my boards that have CP210x USB chips work fine. I am only sharing the information about the possible cause I found after doing some quick research. For example:
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If you are using NodeMCU v1.0, you can try to change the cable(with D+ and D- wires). Some times broken cables can lead to this issue.
(note this statement comes from an employee of Silicon Labs, the manufacturer of the chip)
It looks good to me.
Well, Arduino makes a nice board 
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This is actually a bit different from your board in that it uses the newer ESP32-S3 microcontroller instead of the original ESP32. Both microcontrollers have Wi-Fi networking capabilities but there are some technical differences that might make one or the other more appropriate for a given application.
Are you following a tutorial? If so, please provide a link to it. It might provide some context that will allow the forum helpers to more effectively advise you on good options for replacement boards.
Tutorial for my circuit diagram
Code from github
but I integrated the sign gloves into Bluetooth rather than Wifi based
The reason I chose ESP32 is for Bluetooth built-in capability so I won't buy an HC 05 Bluetooth module but I encountered this problem that prevents me from doing this project
Cool project!
I see that project uses the "BluetoothSerial" library:
That library is not compatible with the ESP32-S3 microcontroller of the Arduino Nano ESP32 board, so this board will not be suitable if you require Bluetooth serial capabilities (or other Bluetooth Classic features). Only the original ESP32 microcontroller has Bluetooth Classic support. But the Arduino Nano ESP32 does support the modern Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) so you can definitely use this board in similar applications; just not with the "BluetoothSerial" library specifically.
I guess I'll buy ESP-WROOM-32
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