ESP-IDF Components library

It is impossible not to mention the ESP-IDF Components library by UncleRus in this chapter. It is one of the most famous libraries in the community. We have already used a port of this library in Chapter 3, Using ESP32 Peripherals, where we discussed I²C communication and integrated different sensor breakout boards. The library especially focuses on I²C devices and maintains many drivers for sensors from different vendors in a single repository. The driver licenses are all categorized under the FOSS classification but please check for the specific license type before including a sensor driver in your project.

The GitHub repository of the ESP-IDF Components library is here: https://github.com/UncleRus/esp-idf-lib

The library officially supports ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-C3, and ESP8266. However, as of the time of writing this book, it failed to run I²C devices on ESP32-S3 because of some kind of timing issue. The book repository contains an updated version...