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Discotool: USB Arduino type boards discovery library and tool(github.com)
29 points by nateb2022 8 months ago | 6 comments
  • tetris118 months ago

    Useful for identifying the myriad of esp32* variants out there

    • extraduder_ire8 months ago |parent

      Can it actually tell specific esp boards apart?

      That'd be a lifesaver. I've often spent longer trying to find the closest sounding board name to what's silkscreened on the bottom of an esp board than I have writing code or programming it.

      • tetris118 months ago |parent

        Upon testing: no, it doesn't even know it's an ESP board, just some "USB Single Serial" device.

  • therafman8 months ago

    Just love it! The list of serial ports found on the board is priceless for me. Thank you!

  • Liftyee8 months ago

    Had to identify an unknown microcontroller earlier today and was thinking, "Surely there's a tool for this?!"

    HN did not disappoint! This aptly-named utility definitely beats trial and error uploading. Next time I'll give it a try.

  • ugh1238 months ago

    This looks like it would be really useful for bulk provisioning of boards.