Which microcontroller? - SOLVED

Hello, I’m curious about building my first pcb board. I have a project all laid out however o been recently thinking of which micro controller should I use?

Right now I’m using the esp32 with Bluetooth but not WiFi. Sorry. I’m getting a head of myself. My project requires Bluetooth to talk to a phone on a phone app.

The problem I have is that sometimes it’s hit or miss with the esp32. What. I mean by that is when I go to program it I have to hit the reset and other button at the same time for programming. And sometimes that doesn’t work so I have to do it multiple of times.

I have been looking at a bunch of microcontrollers none of them have Bluetooth that I found. I can use a hc-05/06 Bluetooth but I’m running into problems with top on the board I really don’t want to make it any bigger then what it is.

So here my question is there any other micro controller that has Bluetooth on it?

Joseph

Yes, google and you will find many,

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For the ESP32:

  • Press and Hold the RESET switch

  • Press and Hold the Boot switch

  • Release the Reset switch

  • Release the Boot switch

  • Compile/Upload the sketch

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Adafruit Feather and Bluefruit series, Seeedstudio Xiao, etc.

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You could use any microcontroller and add a NRF24 bluetooth module

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All you need to do is add one capacitor as described here

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Hello all, Thank you for the reply back. Yes I think It is my own fault that I have a hard time programming the esp32 trying to hold down buttons all the time. Honestly it should be this hard tring to get timing down just to program a micro controller.

I did manage to find one board I had I totally forgot I had was a esp32 d1 mini form style. I programed it thinking sense it did needed to be held down. It did not work So I gave up on it. When I searched for another bluetooth micro controller I saw this d1 mini style and a link to a programming video. I watched the video and Did not need to hold down the button. So I tried it and it programmed.

I finally found and got a board that works now. Thank you all for the help and support. Once again this community is awesome.

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