{
 "id": "camera-pin-map-mismatch-causes-hard-esp32-s3",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Camera pin map mismatch causes hard ESP32-S3 wedge",
 "symptom": "Using the wrong pin map causes GPIO conflicts during camera initialization; the board becomes unresponsive and esptool cannot reach it even for chip_id queries after flashing.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3-xiao",
  "esp32-s3-wroom"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "platformio"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux"
 ],
 "intent": "Flash camera firmware to an ESP32-S3 board without losing esptool reach",
 "date": "2026-08-24",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}