Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ...

Espressif’s popular ESP32 microchip, found in over a billion devices, has been caught with its digital trousers down, thanks to an undocumented "backdoor" lurking in its Bluetooth firmware. For those ...

This DIY Bluetooth proxy can dramatically improve range, speed, and privacy in your smart home without adding complexity.

Recently there was a panicked scrambling after the announcement by [Tarlogic] of a ‘backdoor’ found in Espressif’s popular ESP32 MCUs. Specifically a backdoor on the Bluetooth side that would give a ...

For smart home deployments, there are a lot of ways to track the presence of individuals in a room. There are motion detection sensors that use mmWave and PIR, and you can also use simple detection ...

FireBeetle 2 ESP32-C5 IoT development board offers GDI display interface, LiPo battery support, 18x GPIO, USB-C port, and ...

The Waveshare ESP32-P4-Nano is a tiny, inexpensive, low-power development board powered by a dual-core RISC-V processor. Available now from Waveshare or AliExpress for around $19 and up, the little ...

Soon to be launched via the Crowd Supply website is the new ESP32-M1 Reach Out development board. Specifically designed to help hobbyists, makers, developers, and engineers develop robust ...