README.md

# Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3 and ESP32-C3

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## Contents

  - [Development Status](#development-status)
  - [Development Planning](#development-planning)
  - [Documentation](#documentation)
  - [Supported Chips](#supported-chips)
  - [Decoding exceptions](#decoding-exceptions)
  - [Issue/Bug report template](#issuebug-report-template)
  - [Contributing](#contributing)

### Development Status

Latest Stable Release  [![Release Version](https://img.shields.io/github/release/espressif/arduino-esp32.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/releases/latest/) [![Release Date](https://img.shields.io/github/release-date/espressif/arduino-esp32.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/releases/latest/) [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/espressif/arduino-esp32/latest/total.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/releases/latest/)

Latest Development Release  [![Release Version](https://img.shields.io/github/release/espressif/arduino-esp32/all.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/releases/) [![Release Date](https://img.shields.io/github/release-date-pre/espressif/arduino-esp32.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/releases/) [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads-pre/espressif/arduino-esp32/latest/total.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/releases/)

### Development Planning

Our Development is fully tracked on this public **[Roadmap 🎉](https://github.com/orgs/espressif/projects/3)** 

For even more information you can take a look at [Sprint Meeting notes](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/discussions/categories/sprints-meeting-notes) or join [Monthly Community Meetings 🔔](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/discussions/categories/monthly-community-meetings)

### Documentation

You can use the [Arduino-ESP32 Online Documentation](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/) to get all information about this project.

* [Getting Started](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/getting_started.html)
* [Installing (Windows, Linux and macOS)](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/installing.html)
* [Libraries](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/libraries.html)
* [Arduino as an ESP-IDF component](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/esp-idf_component.html)
* [FAQ](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/faq.html)
* [Troubleshooting](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/troubleshooting.html)

### Supported Chips

Visit the [supported chips](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/getting_started.html#supported-soc-s) documentation to see the list of current supported ESP32 SoCs.

### Decoding exceptions

You can use [EspExceptionDecoder](https://github.com/me-no-dev/EspExceptionDecoder) to get meaningful call trace.

### Issue/Bug report template

Before reporting an issue, make sure you've searched for similar one that was already created. Also make sure to go through all the issues labelled as [Type: For reference](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Type%3A+For+reference%22+).

Finally, if you are sure no one else had the issue, follow the **Issue template** or **Feature request template** while reporting any [new Issue](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/new/choose).

### Contributing

We welcome contributions to the Arduino ESP32 project!

See [contributing](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/contributing.html) in the documentation for more information on how to contribute to the project.

> We would like to have this repository in a polite and friendly atmosphere, so please be kind and respectful to others. For more details, look at [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).