That’s a great question! I would say after using both for a while that there are no insurmountable downsides to using the ESP32 and many upsides. There are times when a library designed for Arduino microcontrollers will not work correctly for ESP32, but in every situation I’ve had so far there was an alternate library that was already made for ESP32, or a different Arduino library that would work with it. Also, it’s newer and less established in the market, so there are fewer add on cards/hats/expansions made for it to simply plug into like many Arduino models. On the benefits side, it’s cheaper, faster, with built in wifi and Bluetooth, and also has the ability to be programmed with Micropython. Plus for battery powered applications, the ESP32 has incredible power saving features. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!
all your projects that ive followed through have worked well for me . i really appreciate this videos .
So glad they’ve been helpful! Thanks for watching.
nice work
Thanks!
Thais great information, i have a few projects i want to use with ESP32 to ESP32 servo control. looking foward to the next vid.
Thanks for watching! These projects are addictive, if you have any questions I’ll do my best to help.
Very helpful thanks
Thank you for watching!
Are there downsides to using the esp32 rather than Arduino? Seems there may be less compatible libraries?
That’s a great question! I would say after using both for a while that there are no insurmountable downsides to using the ESP32 and many upsides. There are times when a library designed for Arduino microcontrollers will not work correctly for ESP32, but in every situation I’ve had so far there was an alternate library that was already made for ESP32, or a different Arduino library that would work with it.
Also, it’s newer and less established in the market, so there are fewer add on cards/hats/expansions made for it to simply plug into like many Arduino models.
On the benefits side, it’s cheaper, faster, with built in wifi and Bluetooth, and also has the ability to be programmed with Micropython. Plus for battery powered applications, the ESP32 has incredible power saving features.
Hope that helps, thanks for watching!