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Expand Up @@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ reduce the ESP's overall performance.
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> - **Touch values increase** when touched (opposite of ESP32 which decreases)
> - **Higher raw values** are returned compared to original ESP32
> - **Lower measurement duration required** - the default 8ms is often too high for S2/S3
> - **Lower measurement duration required** - the default 8ms is often too high for S2/S3.
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> On some ESP32-S3 variants, a value of **0.01ms** or lower with the use of **voltage_attenuation: 1.5V** seems a good starting point.
> If you see some `Event received, mask = 0x10` messages during threshold finding, it means the sensor value being read is too high, and you should raise voltage attenuation, or lower the measurement duration.
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> **Example settings for S2/S3:**
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