Lazyweb Taskmaster: identify a network bus or signaling proto that allows two microcontrollers (like an esp32) to regularly beacon one byte to each other without the use of a dedicated hardware component (like an I2C controller), for at least 4 physically distinct buses per microcontroller, using no more than 3 GPIOs per bus, before I finish driving the Grapevine to LA.

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