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In one sentence

An educational ESP32 firmware project for controlled RF lab testing using two nRF24L01+ radio modules on a shared SPI bus.

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    What it does
      Controls two RF radios
      Shared SPI bus
      Educational lab use
    Tech stack
      ESP32
      PlatformIO
      Arduino IDE
    Hardware
      nRF24L01 modules
      Pinout table
      Stable power needed
    Extras
      Web based flasher
      Troubleshooting table
    Audience
      Students
      Electronics hobbyists

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Learn how to wire two SPI radio modules to a single microcontroller without pin conflicts.

USE CASE 2

Build and flash ESP32 firmware for controlled RF experiments in a classroom or lab setting.

USE CASE 3

Use the included browser based web flasher to load prebuilt firmware without installing any toolchain.

What is it built with?

ESP32PlatformIOArduinoC++nRF24L01+

How does it compare?

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LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Setup difficultymoderatemoderateeasy
Complexity3/53/51/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires an ESP32-WROOM DevKit, two nRF24L01+ modules, and either PlatformIO or Arduino IDE installed.

MIT License, free to use, modify, and share as long as the copyright notice is kept.

So what is it?

RF-KILL ESP32-WROOM DevKit V2.0 is a thesis project that pairs an ESP32-WROOM DevKit board with two nRF24L01+ radio modules sharing a single SPI bus. The README states plainly that it is meant for academic demonstration, controlled lab settings, and authorized electronics or RF practice, and it asks users to follow local regulations and only run it in permitted environments. The hardware side is a wiring project: both radio modules share the same clock, MISO, and MOSI lines, but each keeps its own CE and CSN pins so the ESP32 can address them independently. The README includes a full pinout table and a wiring diagram, along with a note that the radios must be powered from 3.3V rather than 5V, and recommends adding capacitors across each module's power pins for stable operation. On the software side, the project ships two parallel versions of the same firmware: a PlatformIO project as the main build method, and an Arduino IDE sketch as an alternative for people who prefer that environment. Both configure the same pin assignments and depend on the RF24 library. The repository also includes a small web based flasher, built on esp-web-tools and hosted through GitHub Pages, that lets someone flash a prebuilt firmware binary to the board directly from a browser without installing any development tools. The README documents a troubleshooting table covering common problems like the board not being detected over USB, missing libraries, unresponsive radio modules, and reset loops during boot, along with recommended fixes for each. The project is released under the MIT License.

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Prompt 1
Explain how the two nRF24L01+ modules share the SPI bus while keeping separate CE and CSN pins.
Prompt 2
Walk me through setting up the PlatformIO environment for this ESP32 project.
Prompt 3
Help me troubleshoot why my nRF24L01+ module is not responding using this repo's troubleshooting table.
Prompt 4
How does the web flasher in this repo load firmware onto an ESP32 from a browser?

Frequently asked questions

What is rf-kill-esp32-devkit?

An educational ESP32 firmware project for controlled RF lab testing using two nRF24L01+ radio modules on a shared SPI bus.

What language is rf-kill-esp32-devkit written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes ESP32, PlatformIO, Arduino.

What license does rf-kill-esp32-devkit use?

MIT License, free to use, modify, and share as long as the copyright notice is kept.

How hard is rf-kill-esp32-devkit to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is rf-kill-esp32-devkit for?

Mainly developer.

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