Simple ESP to ESP reading blink program not reading input voltage

Question

One ESP32's 3v3 is connected to GPIO 26 of another ESP32. The program is uploaded. The built-in LED lights for two seconds as expected. Then, it turns off. No matter what GPIO pin the 3v3 is connected to (besides 2), the LED remains off.

/*
 * ON Board LED GPIO 2
 */

#define LED 2
#define inPin 26

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // Pins 34, 35, 36, 39 are input only
  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);

  // Sanity check LED works
  digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
  delay(2000);
}

void loop()
{
  Serial.println(digitalRead(inPin));
  digitalWrite(LED, digitalRead(inPin));
}

Any reason this is happening? Grounds are connected. Simply trying to turn LED on/off if external voltage occurs at any GPIO pin (e.g., 26).

are you saying that you are attempting to power one ESP32 from the GPIO pin of another ESP32? — jsotola
– jsotola, Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 18:30
you have a serial.println() statement in your code ... please add the resuling printout to your post — jsotola
– jsotola, Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 21:54

adamaero · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-23 22:07:02Z

0

Arduino GPIO automatically set as inputs, so I assumed the same for ESP32. Once the pinMode of the input pin was set, it worked:

#define LED 2 // ON Board LED GPIO 2
#define inPin 26

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // Pins 34, 35, 36, 39 are input only
  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(inPin, INPUT); // <----------
}

void loop()
{
  Serial.println(digitalRead(inPin));
  digitalWrite(LED, digitalRead(inPin));
}

answered Feb 23, 2021 at 22:07

adamaero

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