Hello, I am new into robotics and looking for books

[yuhmaz]

Hello,

I am an ecologist looking forward to build some gadgets to help me survey the land and stuff. However, I am having hard time finding books on ESP32, there are books on arduino but they are written by capitalist dumbasses that has no purpose but to gain money. Is there any electronic kits if not ESP32 THAT ACTUALLY HAS PROPER BOOKS ON IT so that casual ppl without electronic engineering degrees can figure it out?

[yuhmaz]

I want to go beyond turning a led on and off... and if needed i can migrate to another microcontroller just guide me.

[MicroController]

When dealing with microcontrollers, you always have the electronics/hardware and the software side. You won't get anywhere without enough understanding of electronics for your purpose. The bar for entry is pretty low; you need to know what voltage is and current, because if you don't you're bound to connect things which shouldn't be connected and things break quickly. Sometimes that's all you need, sometimes you also have to have basic knowledge of resistors and LEDs...

Point is, general entry-level electronics are not specific to any microcontroller. You can choose and apply any learning material you like for the basics. Arduino courses/books tend to go easy on you while explaining both basic electronic circuits and microcontroller software.

While the ESP32 is not the "original" Arduino, you can write programs for it with "Arduino code"; much of basic Arduino tutorials apply to the ESP32 software-wise too.

Blinking an LED is actually a good idea. - It's not the goal you have in mind, but there are multiple steps to learn just to make this happen. Once you're comfortable with this, extending the circuit and program in the direction you want step-by-step becomes a quite manageable endeavour. - You do have to invest time to learn to make things happen; or, if you're "lucky", someone already did what you want and published a how-to which you just have to follow. Copying some existing code/project similar to what you want, and then modify it to fit your needs is also a valid and common approach.

[noweare]

If you think a blinking led is boring then at least you have a starting place.
I would recommend going through the examples that come with the esp32 whether its esp-idf or arduino framework.
Choose example that you think might help with your project. Use AI or google what you don't know or have questions on.
If using the esp-idf the documentation is really good, download the docs. There is also an AI you can ask question to on this site.
The examples will get you going the quickest and starting from an example then modifying it to fit your need is recommended.
Good luck