New to this. Problems getting ESP to connect

I have HA running on a RPI3 with a USB zwave stick. Running Ok so far. Then I decided I wanted to add/ replace my Arduino Mega with an esp so esphome can integrate the temp sensors and contacts I have. I purchased this:

HiLetgo ESP-WROOM-32 ESP32 ESP-32S Development Board 2.4GHz Dual-Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Dual Cores Microcontroller Processor Integrated with Antenna

I plugged the little guy into my computer and installed ESPHome in HA. I clicked on adding a device and I connected to it and I had to use the cloud methid to program it. I gave it my WiFi creds and it connected and HA saw it. When I went to adopt it I eventually got this error and it will not stay connected and HA will shutdown and restart by itself. I just upgraded to the latest HA firmware. Here is the error I get:
[/data/esphome-web-6d33cc/.pioenvs/esphome-web-6d33cc/src/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp.o] Error 4

I tried to remove the ESPHome device but it times out.

What do I need to do? Does the RPI3 the horsepower to do this??

Thanks

It looks like you try to compile a new firmware to be flashed on the device?

Looks like your RPI3 is running out of RAM and crashing. You need to use another machine to get the firmware compiled for your nodes.

I am thinking in that direction. Well I guess I need to find another machine to run this on. That’s what I get for trying to do this on a shoestring. Thanks for replying

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I got a newer machine and HA runs much better and I can compile the settings for my esp32. I finall got the ESP32 to go online and now adding devices to it.

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