Managing different ESP32 Cores with TFT_eSPI

[RDJunc]

As well all know (or you soon will if you don't) the wonderful TFT-eSPI library is not compatible with the ESP32 Core above 2.0.14 (at least for my ESP32-S3 application.) Hopefully, Espressif will eventually release a version that re-establishes the ability to use this library or our benefactor will make changes at this end. Until then, we will just have to manage things with the lesser library.

For my application, I am developing two boards. One is sort of a base unit and has an ESP32-C3 running the show at that end. The user has limited interaction with that board. That board establishes a serial connection to a second board which has a display on it. It also uses an ESP32-C3. Of course, I have to use v2.0.14 for development on that board. (I use Visual Studio for the IDE.)

Normally, I could also use that version for development on the base unit. The problem is that it uses the very handy adc_continuous feature found only in the later versions of the core. This means that I have to keep switching cores depending on which board I am developing for. A bit of a hassle but I am making it work.

Are there any suggestions as to how to manage this easier. You can imagine the irritation I feel when I have need to make a change to the display board code after having done a lot of development on other boards that are OK with the 3.x core. It sometimes takes me a while before I realize that I have the wrong core loaded.

Thanks.

[AnRich26]

The s3 seports the latest tft_espi driver however VSPI does not work on s3 only HSPI, I have Esp32-S3 clone at home and few days ago posted about it in the comments, it works but response is slower i am using the latest branch.