GPY pin voltage tolerance
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Hi,
I’m thinking of buying a GPy for my IoT application. I was wondering if the GPy GPIO pins are 5v tolerant or 3.3v tolerant?
My barcode scanner module that I need to use for my application has an operating voltage of 5V and I want to make sure it will operate properly as well as not damage the board.
The barcode scanner I’m using is here:
(https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/Barcode_Scanner_Module)
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@robert-hh Thank you for the response! I'm going to buy a level shifter from sparkfun and use that for my project. Hopefully that works out for what I'm trying to do and doesn't damage the board.
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@shanefowler25 The GPy (generally: the ESP32) does not claim 5V tolerance, although there are some contributions in the espressif forum telling that. Generally, if you limit the inrush current, e.g. by a resistor of ~10kOhm, you can safely connect the UART output of your sensor to the RX input. The opposite direction is less of a problem. Only the 3.3V output level of the ESP32 is JUST high enough to be considered as high level input of the 5V domain.
If you want to be safe, use a level shifter. At 9600 baud and low active logic, a simple one will do.
