Hi ESP_Sprite,

Thanks to your pointers, I made some progress.

- the crystal is not oscillating
- ESP32 TX is constantly high

I did make a duplicate board, and that one looks more lively (gave up on it early because CP2102 didn't even show up with ls /dev/cu.* ). Comparison of the two boards ...

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble connecting to ESP32-D0WD on my custom board. After reading up on existing threads by lanegg, croisez, zhivko, Ritesh and others, I'm here to ask for help and guidance : D

USB-Serial adapter: CP2102 (w/ DTR and RTS transistors)
Chip: ESP32-D0WD (from official ...

@RoundRobin were you able to eventually figure out a solution? Did changing the USB-Serial adapter work? I'm having similar issues

esptool.py v2.1-beta1
Connecting........_____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____

A fatal error occurred: Failed ...