The inclusion of the ESP32 microcontroller is particularly ... in learning about electric motors and control systems. Its combination of a basic motor driver setup, a powerful microcontroller ...

It still needs to be plugged into a board to hold the motor drivers ... The ESP32 makes use of a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) that’s not too happy about giving up control of the hardware.

So [David] approached things a bit more methodically; by adding a proper motor controller and dumping ... part of the PowerJeep project is the ESP32 that’s been added into the mix.

revealing undocumented proprietary HCI commands in the ESP32's Bluetooth firmware. This set of 29 hidden vendor-specific commands, including Opcode 0x3F, enables low-level control over Bluetooth ...