Obsolete hardware is all around us, and some of it has some pretty interesting tech buried within. One such device is an old Belgacom TV Box. Instead of using the ubiquitous LCD screen, it uses a ...

Building IoT projects with touchscreens used to be a headache, involving numerous components, messy wiring, and endless troubleshooting. But the ESP32-S3 Box-3 makes things way easier. It is an all-in ...

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Combining the dual-core processing capabilities of the ESP32 with the reliability of GSM connectivity, the ESP32 GPS tracker with SIM800L is the perfect solution for real-time position tracking.

You mostly do not need to worry about pitfalls of concurrent processing (races, deadlocks, livelocks, resource sharing, etc.). The fact of cooperative processing takes care of such issues by design.

First, create an instance of the library for your touchscreen. The digital pin used for chip select is required. The normal MISO, MOSI and SCK pins will be used automatically. #define CS_PIN 8 XPT2046 ...