The IDE is extensible using “Jama Funcs” and can handle the flashing operation from inside the IDE. Of course, there is an IDE from Arduino (but not the Arduino IDE) that handles MicroPython.

Designed by Namnam in Vietnam, the ESP32 Modbus gateway is built to communicate with PLCs and industrial sensors over Modbus ...

Connect to the ESP32 over serial, and hit enter to stop it from continually rebooting. Falling back to built-in command interpreter. Woot.