LEARN ESP32 WITHOUT ARDUINO DEEP DIVE - Expanded Project Guides

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This folder contains deep-dive guides for each project in the learning path.

Overview

These guides expand each project into a full learning guide with theory, architecture, implementation phases, testing, and extensions.

#	Project	Difficulty	Time	Key Focus
1	ESP-IDF Environment Setup & First Blink	Level 1: Beginner	1-2 weeks	Toolchain / Build Systems
2	VS Code + ESP-IDF Extension Setup	Level 1: Beginner	1-2 weeks	IDE Integration / Developer Experience
3	GPIO Deep Dive - Beyond digitalWrite	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	GPIO / Interrupts / Hardware
4	FreeRTOS Multi-Tasking - Dual Core Power	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	RTOS / Concurrency / Multi-Core
5	Serial Protocols - UART, SPI, and I2C	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	Communication Protocols / Peripherals
6	WiFi Station & Access Point	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	WiFi / Networking / TCP/IP
7	HTTP Server & REST API	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	HTTP / REST / Web
8	BLE GATT Server	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	Bluetooth / BLE / GATT
9	Deep Sleep & Power Optimization	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	Power Management / Battery
10	OTA Updates & Secure Boot	Level 4: Expert	1-2 weeks	OTA / Security / Production
11	JTAG Debugging with OpenOCD	Level 4: Expert	1-2 weeks	Debugging / JTAG / Hardware
12	Bare Metal - Direct Register Programming	Level 5: Master	1-2 weeks	Bare Metal / Registers / Hardware