as some people are not seeing issues with garbage characters on startup I put the startup delay behind a config check - SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY

Author: dreed47

firmware/config/config.h.template

@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 // LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
 #define LOG_LEVEL LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
 
+// Enable if you're having issues with the app outputting garbage characters on startup
+// #define SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY
+
 // ============= END OF USER CONFIGURATION =================================================================
 
 

firmware/src/main.cpp

@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ void setup() {
     // Initialize global resources
     initializeGlobalResources();
 
+#ifdef SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY
     // Add a delay to allow the serial interface to initialize
     delay(4000);
+#endif
+
     // Clear the serial buffer of any garbage
     while (Serial.available() > 0) {
         Serial.read();