Using Bluetooth on a desktop computer is now such a seamless process; it’s something built-in and just works. Behind that ubiquity is a protocol layer called HCI, or Host Controller Interface, a set ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are in the need for an open source audio development platform powered by ESP32 might be worth your while checking out the new Loud ESP board and touchscreen interface currently available to ...

It's time to make some noise.

The WRC is a new open source, embedded audio board based on the ESP32, offering a “tiny open source sample player with amazing capabilities” says its creator. The board allows youth easily upload ...