Discotool: USB Arduino type boards discovery library and tool (github.com) 29 points by nateb2022 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] Liftyee 1y 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.
[–] therafman 1y ago ↗ Just love it! The list of serial ports found on the board is priceless for me. Thank you!
[–] tetris11 1y ago ↗ Useful for identifying the myriad of esp32* variants out there [–] extraduder_ire 1y ago ↗ 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. [–] tetris11 1y ago ↗ Upon testing: no, it doesn't even know it's an ESP board, just some "USB Single Serial" device.
[–] extraduder_ire 1y ago ↗ 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. [–] tetris11 1y ago ↗ Upon testing: no, it doesn't even know it's an ESP board, just some "USB Single Serial" device.
[–] tetris11 1y ago ↗ Upon testing: no, it doesn't even know it's an ESP board, just some "USB Single Serial" device.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 28.9 ms ] threadHN did not disappoint! This aptly-named utility definitely beats trial and error uploading. Next time I'll give it a try.
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.