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How can I check the ESP type with code?
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Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:37 pmby GHBLoos
I have created some Hue lights using a ESP-01 and ESP-12. These lights are configurable using a webpage on the ESP webserver. But the ESP-01 version has less functions (no hardware switch). So I would like to disable this option on the webpage. Therefore I should first check if the code is running on a ESP-01.
Does anyone has an example how to check if the code is running on an ESP-01?
Re: How can I check the ESP type with code?
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Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:18 amby QuickFix
You can't; the ESP-01 and ESP-12 are exactly identical (from a hard/software point of view), there are only less external pins available on the PCB, but they both use the same ESP chip.
The only thing I can think of is, in hardware, pull one (or a few) of the non-existing pins on an ESP-01 high or low on an ESP-12 and check for that state at startup.
Re: How can I check the ESP type with code?
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Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:44 amby GHBLoos
Thanks. Not the answer I was hoping for. I have to find a workaround.
Re: How can I check the ESP type with code?
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Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:08 pmby NickD
I'd be tempted to write some sort of ID into "EEPROM" of the ESP's to be used and get the code to check that.