Heltec WiFi Kit 32 and PlaftormIO configuration (baud rate?)

#1

I am just getting started with PlatformIO and have chosen a Heltec WiFi Kit 32.

I loaded the PlatformIO demo espidf-http-request , built it and loaded it, but the serial terminal shows

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which seems to be a baud rate problem.

My platformio.ini contains

[env:heltec_wifi_kit_32]
platform = espressif32
board = heltec_wifi_kit_32
framework = espidf
monitor_port = COM3
monitor_speed = 115200
upload_port = COM3
upload_speed = 115200

any idea what I am doing wrongly?

#2

Seems the garbage code is printed by the bootloader.

You can try 57600 or 74880 baud rate,

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#3

74880 baud works and I see output. Thank you

BUT, I have to Ctrl-c in PlatformIO’s terminal and issue the command
platformio device monitor --baud 74880

that means that I miss output from the startup sequence.

Why does the build not honour the platformion.ini file and its monitor_speed entry? I would expect that to generate some code in the hidden main() function to set the baud rate.

#4

:joy: Indeed the 74880 baud rate is the ESP32 bootloader’s baud rat, I don’t know why platformio did that.

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