[Voltagex] was fed up with BSODs on his Windows machine due to a buggy PL2303 USB/serial device driver. The Linux PL2303 driver worked just fine, though. A weakling would simply reboot into Linux.

PL2303, CH34X and CP210X USB chipsets, but also offers a serial monitor for debugging on the go. You’ll need a USB OTG cable to get your ESP board jacked in to your Android device, but you don ...