# Espressif Serial Slave Link (ESSL) component [](https://components.espressif.com/components/espressif/esp_serial_slave_link) This component used to reside in [esp-idf](https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf) project as its component. It's used on the HOST, to communicate with ESP chips as SLAVE via SDIO/SPI slave HD mode. The port layer (`essl_sdio.c/essl_spi.c`) are currently only written to run on ESP chips in master mode, but you may also modify them to work on more platforms. See more documentation: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/protocols/esp_serial_slave_link.html
idf.py add-dependency "espressif/esp_serial_slave_link^1.1.0"