How to recover a ESP32?

[jeyeager (Jason Yeager)]

@dnikodem84

While trying to figure out why the AP has not appeared I smell the smell, pull the power on the board and realize I plugged it in backwards.

Been there. Done that. Needed a new ESP32. Hopefully the Jackpot is ok.

How to cook an ESP32 on your Jackpot (Don't do this)

I can’t believe I just did this. I absolutely know better. I was trying something out on my spare fancy V1E ESP32. Installed FluidNC on it and put it on my Jackpot. Except I put it in backwards! The antenna is supposed to go towards the middle with the usb port on the outside edge. So, what happened? I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t connect. I was 100% sure I had wifi setup properly. Then I touched the ESP32 and it was really hot. I panicked realizing what I did. Turned it off, wa…