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# ULX3S Manual
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# Connectors
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US1 Main micro-USB for power, program and communication.
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All onboard hardware can be programmed or reconfigured
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over US1: FPGA, FLASH, WiFi, RTC.
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US2 Auxiliary micro-USB connected directly to FPGA pins
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for experimenting with user-defined USB cores.
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Board provides power to US2.
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Board can't be powered from US2.
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GPDI Plug for cable to digital monitor or TV,
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4 TMDS+- video
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1 HEAC+- ethernet and audio return
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SDA,SCL I2C (DDS EDID)
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CEC remote control
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+5V supply to enable plug-in detection
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AUDIO 3.5 mm jack with 3 channels for earphones
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and digital audio or composite video (analog TV)
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Suitable cables are 3.5mm to 3-RCA (cinch)
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Red-White-Yellow for iPhone/iBook/NOKIA.
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Sony cables are the most popular and look identical
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but are not suitable, they have GND at Ring2!
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Tip: Left analog audio
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Ring1: Right analog audio
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Ring2: Digital audio SPDIF
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Sleeve: GND
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OLED 7-pin 2.54 mm header OLED1 for SSD1331 SPI color OLED
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pinout: CS DC RES SDA SCL VCC GND
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JTAG 6-pin 2.54 mm header J4 for external JTAG programmer
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pinout: 3V3 GND
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TCK TDI
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TDO TMS
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GPIO 40-pin 2.54 mm double-row connectors J1 and J2 with
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total 56 GPIO pins at 3.3V logical level.
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Pins can be used as 56 bidirectional single-ended
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or 28 bidirectional differential pairs.
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J1 pins marked 9-13 are shared with WiFi (PCB v1.7)
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J2 pins marked 14-17 are shared with ADC.
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Pin-compatible with 4 PMOD connectors (GND and 3.3V power
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are on the right place)
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J1-J2 distance suitable to be plugged into triple
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protoboard using a single row of J1/J2.
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J2 has also 5V IN/OUT (be careful, digital pins are 3.3V).
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SD Micro SD card, all signal pins are routed to FPGA and
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shared with ESP-32
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ESP32 Placeholder to solder ESP-32 WROOM module.
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ESP-32 can provide web interface for uploading bitstream
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into FPGA and its config FLASH.
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Warning on PCB v1.7 ESP-32 must be isolated from all SD
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card pins otherwise ESP-32 won't boot no matter if
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SD card is inserted or not.
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# Power
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Plug US1 into PC or USB charger and board should power up.
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Initial voltage rise at USB 5V line will trigger board powering
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up and holding the power.
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USB-serial chip FT231X will always be powered from 5V USB
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on PCB v1.7. The board has switching voltage regulators
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which can be turned off to reduce power consumption.
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Green LED D18 behaviour is the "Power LED". Green LED ON will keep
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board powered up. By factory default, when USB-serial chip
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is enumerated by PC, Green LED will turn ON.
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Normally when board is plugged into USB charger Green LED may shortly
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blink and stay OFF, but board will keep being powered.
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Board PCB v1.7 must be hardware patched to be able to reliably
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enter shutdown mode. (It will keep waking up).
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RTC without battery will keep powering up the board as factory default.
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3V battery CR1225 and configured RTC chip is required for the board to
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enter shutdown mode. There are several ways to wake up the board:
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1) Press BTN0
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2) Re-plug US1 micro-USB cable
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3) RTC ALARM (using PCF8523 arduino example)
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4) Turn on Green LED D18 (using ftx_prog or libftdi)
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Just a short pulse at RTC (ALARM INT1 shorly pull down) or
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Green LED shortly going HIGH is enough to wake up the board.
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There is SHUTDOWN pin where FPGA can turn OFF the board.
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This pin is not correctly routed on PCB v1.7 and needs
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hardware upgrade to make it work.
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On J2 connector there are 2 pins for 5V external power input
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and output. They are located on top right, near pin labeled 27
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and US2 connector. Power is unidirectionaly routed using schottky
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diodes.
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Powering only from 3.3V is not possible because switching regulators
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need 5V to generate 2.5V and 1.1V.
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Switching regulators use ferrite core coils L1,L2,L3 which can saturate
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at magnetic fields above 0.3T. Never approach neodymium magnets
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near powered board.
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# Programming
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Use ftx_prog to change product/manufacturer name of FT231X chip:
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ftx_prog --manufacturer "FER-RADIONA-EMARD"
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ftx_prog --product "ULX3S FPGA 45K v1.7"
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Optionally you can change "45K" to "25K" or "12K" in regard with FPGA chip size.
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Re-plug the USB and it will appear as new name which can be autodetected
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with USB-serial JTAG tool.
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Use Emard's fork of Xark's [FleaFPGA-JTAG](https://github.com/emard/FleaFPGA-JTAG) tool.
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This tool accepts VME format bitstreams which write bitstream to the FPGA SRAM
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or onboard SPI FLASH chip. When generating FLASH bitstream, follow the Lattice
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TN02050 document: "Programming External SPI Flash through JTAG for
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ECP5/ECP5-5G" section: "6. Programming the SPI Flash with bitstream file using Diamond
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Programmer" and select FLASH chip type as:
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Family: SPI Serial Flash
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Vendor: Micron
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Device: SPI-M25F32
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Package. 8-pin VDFPN8
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When it creates VME file, pass it to FleaFPGA-JTAG argument and wait 5-10
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minutes, it's not particulary fast but it works.
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FleaFPGA-JTAG bitstream-flash.vme
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External JTAG like FT2232 can be connected to JTAG header and it will
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program SRAM and FLASH at maximum speed possible.
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Even Diamond programmer can use any FT2232 module as a native programmer,
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with a little help - it will work after first bitstream is programmed
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over FT2232 with openocd.
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Openocd accepts SVF files, everything applies the same as for VME files
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ddtcmd -oft -svfsingle -revd -if ulx3s_flash.xcf -of bitstream.svf
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Programming and flashing from ESP-32 web interface is convenient
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(device independent) and much faster than FT231X but still not as fast
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as FT2232. It also accepts SVF files, only you need to limit SVF command
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size to max 8 kilobits "-maxdata 8" because ESP-32 doesn't have enough
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memory to buffer entire bitstream.
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ddtcmd -oft -svfsingle -revd -maxdata 8 -if ulx3s_flash.xcf -of bitstream.svf
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To start using ESP-32 first you need to compile and upload "passthru" bitstream,
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which can be found in [f32c project](https://github.com/f32c/f32c/tree/master/rtl/proj/lattice/ulx3s/passthru_45f)
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Using FleaFPGA-JTAG or external JTAG programmer to upload it.
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"Passthru" butstream uses FPGA to route lines from USB-serial to ESP-32.
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Then you need to install Arduino and its ESP-32 support, and
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install Emard's library [LibXSVF-ESP](https://github.com/emard/LibXSVF-ESP),
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required library dependencies and
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[ESP-32 SPIFFS uploader](https://github.com/me-no-dev/arduino-esp32fs-plugin/releases/tag/v0.1)
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Version "ESP32FS-v0.1.zip" worked for me.
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In Arduino boards manager select this ESP-32 board:
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DOIT ESP32 DEVKIT V1
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Select "Examples->LibXSVF->websvf" and optionally change
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its default ssid/password. Compile and upload the code by
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clicking "Sketch->Upload", check reports on lower terminal
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window, successfull upload will finish with this:
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Hash of data verified.
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Leaving...
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Hard resetting...
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Then upload the web page content to ESP-32 FLASH filesystem,
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at websvf window click "Tools->ESP32 Sketch Data Upload".
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successful upload will finish with same as above.
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Connect to ESP-32 WiFi (it will either connect to your
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local WiFi or become access point with
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default ssid=websvf password=12345678).
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In web browser open upload page "http://192.168.4.1"
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(If it connected as a client, IP address will vary depending
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on your local network and you need to find it using WiFi access
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point web interface, ARP, NMAP, or by sniffing it).
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On the ESP-32 page you should see something like:
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Select SVF File or use minimal or svfupload.py
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[File] File not selected
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[Upload]
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[0% ]
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Navigate file selector to bitstream.svf file, it will show
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its size in KB. Then click "Upload", progress bar will run
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from 0% to 100% in few seconds (if it's SRAM upload) and
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bitstream will be started. FLASH can also be written from
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web iterface it takes 2-3 minutes. Also on the web interface
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there's available for download a small python commandline
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upload tool.
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Note that FPGA can enable or disable ESP-32 module. If ESP-32
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is disabled by newly uploaded bistream, some alert window will
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pop-up after otherwise successful upload because ESP-32 cannot
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close HTTP session properly.
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To make it go smooth, in the bitstream make FPGA pin "wifi_en"
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as input (HIGH-impedance, pull up).
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Technically, ESP-32 can be loaded with such a code that
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permanently holds JTAG lines while FPGA can at the same time
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have in FLASH a bitstream that permanenly enables ESP-32.
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Such combination will preventing JTAG from working so
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ULX3S board may become "Bricked". There is jumper J3 to disable
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ESP-32, its left of SD card slot. Note boards PCB v1.7 need
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upgrade for this jumper to work correctly.
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