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A project log for wESP32: Wired ESP32 with Ethernet and PoE

A low cost ESP32 core board with Ethernet and PoE for convenient "single cable" deployments

patrick-van-oosterwijckPatrick Van Oosterwijck 03/19/2018 at 17:532 Comments

I've mostly been doing component research and gathering user input for now, instead of jumping in and starting detailed design.  I've definitely learned a lot doing that and a direction is starting to take shape.  Here are some of the things I've learned and conclusions I've drawn:

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zoobab wrote 03/20/2018 at 08:07 point

I would keep the ch340g, driver issues are gone for Mac for while now. Plus it is easier to solder.

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Patrick Van Oosterwijck wrote 03/25/2018 at 06:07 point

I agree with the easier to solder part... however my partner with whom I'm working on the custom PoE project just KILLED his Mac system by installing the CH340G driver!  Won't boot at all, he'll have to reinstall from a backup.

There is too much "ancient / old / new / expired / other version / worked then not now" information about this issue on the internet, and I really want to avoid having this happen to any of my other customers, so for me the CH340G is out.

But, in the interest of my partner and others who may have run into this issue, can you point to currently relevant info about what works with High Sierra?

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