Trueverit ESP32 Universal IoT Driver

ESP32 board designed for smart device integration - great for embedded control systems and cloud connectivity.

Trueverit ESP32 Universal IoT Driver board
ESP32
MCU
240MHz
clock
4MB
flash
520KB
SRAM
19· 6 ADC
GPIO
BLE 4.2+ WiFi
radio
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Pinout

20 pins
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PinGPIOLabelsStatusCapabilitiesNotes
10ETH_PHY_ADDRstrapping-
21TXPWMuartuart
32T2PWMstrappingtouch
43RXPWMuartuart
54SCLT0PWMstrappingtouch · i2c
65SSPWMstrappingspi
712TX1PWMstrapping-
813RX1PWMstrapping-
914ETH_PHY_MDIOPWMstrapping-
1015SDAPWMstrappingi2c
1116ETH_PHY_MDCPWMstrapping-
1218LED_BUILTINSCKPWMsafespi
1323MOSIPWMsafespi
1432MISOA4T9PWMsafeadc · touch · spi
1533TX2A5T8PWMsafeadc · touch
1634A6strappingadc
1735A7strappingadc
1836A0strappingadc
1939RX2A3strappingadc
20-ETH_PHY_POWERsafe-

Start with these

4 pins with no boot or system involvement
LED_BUILTINSCKMOSIPWMMISOA4TX2A5

Freely assignable - no strapping, flash, USB or JTAG duties. Ideal first picks for buttons, sensors and LEDs.

Fine - with a little care

sampled at boot or shared with debug/serial
PinLabelWhat to knowRole
ETH_PHY_ADDRGPIO0Must be HIGH during boot for normal startup; if held LOW on reset, forces flash programming mode.Strapping
T2GPIO2If driven HIGH on reset (while IO0 is LOW), selects an unsupported SDIO boot mode, causing boot failure.Strapping
SCLGPIO4Sampled at reset for boot config; should not be driven at boot (affects boot mode timing).Strapping
SSGPIO5Must be HIGH during boot; if pulled LOW at reset, alters SDIO slave timing and may prevent normal boot.Strapping
TX1MTDI (GPIO12)Keep LOW during boot (internal PD); pulling HIGH at reset selects 1.8V flash mode, causing flash brownout if 3.3V flash is used.Strapping
RX1MTCK (GPIO13)Used for JTAG debugging (TCK); avoid using as GPIO if JTAG is needed.Other
ETH_PHY_MDIOMTMS (GPIO14)Used for JTAG debugging (TMS); driving it as GPIO may interfere with JTAG or produce spurious signals at boot.Other
SDAMTDO (GPIO15)Keep HIGH during boot (internal PU); if LOW on reset, bootloader log is silenced and boot mode may change.Strapping
A6GPIO34Cannot be used as output (no drive capability); only suitable for analog/digital input.Other
A7GPIO35Cannot be used as output; only suitable for input.Other
A0GPIO36 (SENSOR_VP)Cannot be used as output; only suitable for input (e.g., analog read).Other
RX2GPIO39 (SENSOR_VN)Cannot be used as output; only suitable for input.Other

Only if you know the tricks

wired to flash or USB - expect a fight
PinLabelWhat to knowRole
TXU0TXD (GPIO1)Connected to on-board USB-UART for uploading and logs; drives serial output at boot, so using as GPIO can disrupt programming or console.USB
RXU0RXD (GPIO3)Used for receiving data from USB-UART (programming); also pulled HIGH at boot for console communication, so using as GPIO can disrupt uploads.USB
ETH_PHY_MDCGPIO16Connected to internal PSRAM on PSRAM-enabled modules; not usable as GPIO on those modules.Flash
These are recommendations, not hard rules - with the right pull-ups, timing and boot-state awareness most pins can be made to work. When in doubt, start green.
Pinout notes The Trueverit ESP32 Universal IoT Driver breaks out 20 pins in total: 19 GPIO for your project. For peripherals, I²C is mapped to SDA on GPIO15 and SCL on…

The Trueverit ESP32 Universal IoT Driver breaks out 20 pins in total: 19 GPIO for your project.

For peripherals, I²C is mapped to SDA on GPIO15 and SCL on GPIO4; the SPI bus (MOSI, MISO, SCK, SS) is broken out in full; TX/RX on GPIO1 and GPIO3 cover serial logging and flashing.

On the analog side there are 6 ADC-capable pins for sensors and battery monitoring and 4 capacitive-touch inputs.

If you want zero surprises, LED_BUILTIN, MOSI, MISO and TX2 are free of any such role - the safest first picks. 12 of the exposed pins carry boot-time or system duties on the ESP32 (ETH_PHY_ADDR, T2, SCL and 9 more).

Getting started

flash your first firmware in ~2 minutes
Tool:
1
Connect over USB
Serial chip: onboard. Not detected? Hold BOOT while plugging in.
2
Flash with your tool
Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, ESPHome or esptool - copy the settings on the right.
3
Verify it runs
The blink example uses GPIO18 - swap for your board's LED pin if different.
Tools → Board settings Copy
Board:            Trueverit Esp32 Universal Iot Driver
Flash Size:       4MB · DIO
Upload Speed:     921600

// blink
pinMode(18, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(18, LOW);   // on (often inverted)
platformio.ini Copy
[env:esp32-trueverit-iot-driver]
platform = espressif32
board = esp32dev
framework = arduino
monitor_speed = 115200
upload_speed = 921600
device.yaml Copy
esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  variant: esp32-trueverit-iot-driver
  framework:
    type: esp-idf

# blink - GPIO18
output:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: 18
    id: led_out
light:
  - platform: binary
    name: "LED"
    output: led_out
shell Copy
esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyACM0 \
  write_flash 0x0 firmware.bin
Build details: sketch space 1310720 B · data 327680 B · DIO

Specifications

ESP32
Compute
MCU
ESP32
Clock
240 MHz
SRAM · Flash
520 KB · 4MB
Radio
Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
4.2 LE
Antenna
PCB
I/O
GPIO · ADC
19 · 6
UART · I²C · SPI
3 · 2 · 4
PWM
16 channels
Power
USB
-
Serial
-
Boot address
0x1000
Flashing
Upload · OTA
esptool_py · esp_ota
Flash · Boot mode
DIO · DIO
Sketch · Data
1.25 MB · 320 KB
The Trueverit ESP32 Universal IoT Driver uses esptool_py for firmware uploads, esp_ota for over-the-air (OTA) updates. Flash mode is DIO with DIO boot mode. The maximum sketch size is 1.25 MB with 320 KB available for data.

About this board

At its core is the ESP32 - a dual-core Xtensa with both Bluetooth Classic and BLE.

Only 19 GPIO are broken out, where most ESP32 boards manage about 24 - worth checking the pinout covers what you need.

Onboard you'll find wired Ethernet (LAN8720).

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