ESP8266/ESP32

If you use a program like our minimal ESP32 wifi example:

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <WiFi.h>

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin("MyWifiNetworkName", "MyWifiPassword");
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("Wifi connecting...");
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.println("Wifi connected");
}
void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

and you just see a loop of

Wifi connecting...

messages, press the RESET button of your board (or unplug and re-plug its power to reset) and and try again. If you still see just Wifi connecting... messages after trying to reset 5 times, most likely your wifi credentials are wrong or the ESP32 can’t see your Wifi network!

Otherwise, if your ESP32 sometimes connects to the Wifi network almost immediately and sometimes it doesn’t seem to connect at all, use this code instead to automatically reset the ESP32 if it doesn’t connect within 5 seconds:

// Wait for wifi to be connected
uint32_t notConnectedCounter = 0;
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(100);
    Serial.println("Wifi connecting...");
    notConnectedCounter++;
    if(notConnectedCounter > 50) { // Reset board if not connected after 5s
        Serial.println("Resetting due to Wifi not connecting...");
        ESP.restart();
    }
}

Full example:

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <WiFi.h>

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin("MyWifiSSID", "MyWifiPassword");

  // Wait for wifi to be connected
  uint32_t notConnectedCounter = 0;
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
      delay(100);
      Serial.println("Wifi connecting...");
      notConnectedCounter++;
      if(notConnectedCounter > 50) { // Reset board if not connected after 5s
          Serial.println("Resetting due to Wifi not connecting...");
          ESP.restart();
      }
  }
  Serial.print("Wifi connected, IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

Just use

ESP.restart();

This will immediately reboot the ESP32 controller

This example shows how to connect your ESP32 to an existing Wifi network using the Arduino Framework:

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <WiFi.h>

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin("MyWifiNetworkName", "MyWifiPassword");
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("Wifi connecting...");
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.println("Wifi connected");
}
void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

When you see an error message like

Compiling .pio\build\d1_mini\src\main.cpp.o
src\main.cpp:22:11: error: DynamicJsonBuffer is a class from ArduinoJson 5. Please see arduinojson.org/upgrade to learn how to upgrade your program to ArduinoJson version 6
       DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;

in your PlatformIO or Arduino project using the ArduinoJson library, your code was written for an old version of ArduinoJson.

According to the official ArduinoJson 5 to ArduinoJson 6 migration guide, you need to use DynamicJsonDocument instead. Note that DynamicJsonDocument uses a slightly different API compared to DynamicJsonDocument, hence you might need to adjust more than just changing the class names. But as a first step, replace e.g.

DynamicJsonBuffer json;

by

DynamicJsonDocument json(1024);