ESP32 – Why ESP DevKit Has 0? Resistors for TX and RX

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I am trying to build my own ESP32 based PCB. I tried to copy the USB-to-serial circuit from the official DevKit. There I see two 0Ω resistors. Why did they add them? What do they do?

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USB to Serial datasheet (cp2102n): https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/data-sheets/cp2102n-datasheet.pdf

Full ESP32 DevKit datasheet: https://dl.espressif.com/dl/schematics/esp32_devkitc_v4-sch.pdf

My PCB schematics and layout so far: https://github.com/crgarcia12/electronics-homeassistant-lightscontroll/tree/main/PCB/schematics-v16-espinside

Best Answer

They allow users to remove resistors to disconnect the ESP from CP2102 and connect them for other purposes.

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