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ESP32 and Termux

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If you’re like me, you might enjoy being able to do things on your phone that you might otherwise do from your computer.

I wanted to play around with my ESP32-WROOM-32 development board, but apparently there is no online guide specifically for Termux, so I want to document the steps that worked for me as a future reference for myself and others.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER I am not responsible for any damage that could occurr by following this guide. This is written for educational purposes.

Requirements

any ESP32 development board will do, but in my case I will use a ESP32-WROOM-32

an OTG adapter

a USB-A cable (in my case micro-USB, but it depends by your board)

a phone with Termux installed, ideally from F-Droid

❗️ NOTE Make sure that your USB-A cable supports data transfer. This is crucial. Many cables I tried either did not support data transfer or were not delivering the power correctly, making the board brownout.

Getting started

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