https://philwheat.net/tags/esp32/Recent content in ESP32 on Phil WheatHugoen-usTue, 13 Oct 2026 08:37:00 -0500https://philwheat.net/links/pleasedontcode/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:37:00 -0500https://philwheat.net/links/pleasedontcode/<p>LLM-based embedded board programming. Haven&rsquo;t tried it yet, but I should.</p> <p>PleaseDontCode (PCGen) is an end-to-end hardware platform for people who don&rsquo;t write embedded code: pick one of 35+ boards (ESP32 variants, Arduino Uno/Nano/Mega, RP2040, ESP8266, M5Stack, Pi Zero 2W…), describe in chat what the device should do, and the AI draws the wiring schematic and generates firmware kept in sync with it — with hardware-verified pin assignments (it knows GPIO6 on an ESP32 is unusable, unlike a plain chatbot). Flash via USB straight from the browser, then POTA (&ldquo;Programming Over The Air&rdquo;) handles WiFi firmware updates and a live monitoring dashboard with widgets. Free for one device.</p>