{
 "id": "espressif-usb-device-may-be-coldcard-sparrow-holds-ports",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for mistaking another USB device for the target ESP32 board \u2014 a locked 'Espressif Systems Espressif Device' turned out to be the user's Coldcard setup, and Sparrow holds every serial port",
 "symptom": "An 'Espressif Systems Espressif Device' on USB looks like the target ESP32 board, but the expected board isn't actually connected and the port is locked by another process",
 "hw": [
  "coldcard",
  "feathers3"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "sparrow-wallet"
 ],
 "intent": "flash new firmware onto the FeatherS3 plant sensor over USB",
 "date": "2026-08-09",
 "status": "provisional",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "cost": "one wrong identification round; flashing blind would have destroyed a hardware wallet",
 "author": "sarg",
 "refs": [
  "coldcard-invisible-to-usb-check-its-usb-port-setting"
 ],
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}