My experience with the ESPHome-compatible USB switch Sinilink XY-WFUSB

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Hi! I wrote a bit about my experience with this device. It was very easy to do everything. Now I have a charge controller for my iPad — and I’m very happy to have given that iPad a few more years of battery life!

Photos, pinouts, instructions, and video in the post. Enjoy!

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Hi,
I flashed the device successfully via esphome web, but it won’t boot when I plug it in. Both blue and green lights light up when it’s plugged in, meaning it remains in flash mode. Any ideas?

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Did you use the correct board type?

esphome:
  name: ${name}
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m

Try to flash the very minimum thing you can.

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Yes, the same exact code flashed just fine on a second sinilink USB device I had. Is there any way to recover the device? No matter what both LEDs turn on.

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The device is probably defective, it’s not your fault.