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    <description>Free ESP32 project library with pinouts, wiring tables and copy-paste Arduino sketches, plus a Web Serial monitor, crash translator and browser flasher.</description>
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      <title>Version 0.6: install it, look up an error, start from zero</title>
      <link>https://esp32bench.dev/errors/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ESP32 Bench now installs as an app and keeps working offline. There is an error reference with a page for each common crash, a getting started guide and five new projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Error reference: one page per common ESP32 crash, reset and upload error, each with its causes, its fixes and a box to paste your log into.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Getting started: drivers, browsers, Linux permissions, the Arduino IDE and a first flash.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;New projects: touch keys, an ESP-NOW pair, an addressable LED strip, an MQTT sensor for Home Assistant and a BLE scanner.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install ESP32 Bench as an app from Chrome or Edge. Pages you have opened work offline.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Light and dark themes, a page-not-found page, an about page and this feed.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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      <title>Version 0.5: pin detective and a second bench monitor</title>
      <link>https://esp32bench.dev/detective/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Flash a helper firmware, touch a jumper from GND to a pad and see which GPIO it is. The bench can also watch two boards side by side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detective: find any pad's GPIO number with a jumper wire, with a silkscreen quiz.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Board passport: chip, flash size and MAC address, saved in your browser.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bench: a second serial monitor for sender and receiver projects.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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      <title>Version 0.4: wiring pad and the hall of flames</title>
      <link>https://esp32bench.dev/wire/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Wire parts to a board on screen and have every connection checked, and learn from other people's failures.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wire: checks each wire for boot pins, input-only pins, 5 V signals and pads used twice, and can wire a project for you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remix: put two projects on one board without pin clashes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flames: failures with what the serial port said and what was really wrong.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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      <title>Version 0.3: plotter, Wi-Fi radar and crash translator</title>
      <link>https://esp32bench.dev/bench/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The bench now draws numbers from your serial output, maps Wi-Fi networks and explains crashes in plain language.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plotter: every number that keeps appearing in the serial output gets a live chart.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wi-Fi radar: the scanner project's output drawn by channel and signal strength.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Crash translator: Guru Meditation errors, reset reasons and backtraces explained.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bench log: mark projects as built, earn badges and let the library pick a project from your parts drawer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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      <title>Version 0.2: boards, browser flashing and ProbeHarbor</title>
      <link>https://esp32bench.dev/boards/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Board references for the ESP32, ESP32-S3 and ESP32-C3, hardware test results, and firmware you can flash from the page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Boards: pin headers, tested pins and field notes for three dev boards.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Browser flashing for the ProbeHarbor probe, plus a form that sends it Wi-Fi settings over USB.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seven ProbeHarbor sketches added to the library.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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      <title>Version 0.1: project library and serial monitor</title>
      <link>https://esp32bench.dev/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The first version: ESP32 projects with pin maps, parts lists and sketches, and a serial monitor in the browser.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Library of starter projects with highlighted pinouts.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bench: a Web Serial monitor with reset and log copy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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