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 You can join the [esp-rs community](https://matrix.to/#/#esp-rs:matrix.org) on Matrix for all technical questions and issues! The community is open to everyone.
 
+> ⚠️ This book uses the `std` ecosystem (`esp-idf-hal`, `esp-idf-sys`, `esp-idf-svc`), which is maintained by the community, these crates are not officially supported by Espressif.
+>
+> Espressif officially supports the `no_std` approach with [`esp-hal`][esp-hal]. For equivalent training using the officially supported approach, see the [`no_std` training][no-std-training].
+
+[esp-hal]: https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-hal
+[no-std-training]: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/rust/no_std-training/
+
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