Clarification on ESC firmware please

[Banelle]

So now that both have Dshot, what is the major difference in the 2? I used Heli_S Configure and thought that was rather easy compared to what 32 looks like.

Welp, the main selling points used to be DSHOT1200, ESC telemetry, current sensing, higher PWM values and (I guess) startup music. More recently also Bi-directional DSHOT.

DSHOT1200 isn't supported in newer versions of Betaflight, I don't know what ESC telemetry is for, 48K PWM frequencies can be had on BLHeli_S now with custom firmwares, as can bi-directional DSHOT. And you don't see current sensing on most mini-quad ESCs anyway. But you can still have the first two bars of the Super Mario theme play when you power up, so that's cool.

I mean, I still buy BLHeli32 ESCs for future-proofing and so I don't have to pay the bidirectional DSHOT tax, but it's less important than it was.