Thank you, away from the computer for a while. I'll give it a go.

I am trying to set up debugging under VScode on Windows
I executed

git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension.git

and got the message;

Submodule 'esp_debug_adapter' (git@github.com:espressif/esp-debug-adapter.git) registered for path 'esp_debug_adapter'
Cloning ...

Very short. Maybe 10cm.

I am connecting 2 esp32s together, communication is one-way. The sender is a Makerfab esp32uwb based on the WROOM and the receiver is a WT32-SC01 based on the WROVER.

The sender initializes the connection with
Serial1.begin(9600, SERIAL_8N1, RXD1, TXD1);
where TXD1 is 12

The receiver ...

Rather than using the usb connection I would like to power the board via power provided to the pins. I couldn't find any documentation about whether I could power the board that way, so I thought I'd better ask.

Thanks, everything seems to be powered up and running.

I would like to connect to a ld06 lidar. It communicates via UART as a transmit only. I would like the wt32-sc01 to be connected to the PC through the usb port. My problem is that I cannot power the lidar from my usb port as the current is too high. So I need to use a separate power supply. I have a ...