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ESP32 Development Boards
The ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontroller series are built by the chinese company Espressif. The ESP32 microcontroller family consists of many flavors, i.e. microcontrollers (MC) of different generation with varying core types, number of cores, and capabilities.
These MCs are usually provided as modules, assembled small scale module PCBs (printed circuit boards) to be soldered on larger application specific PCBs with additional periferals such as USB interface, power supply, LEDs, etc.
The general hardware reference page is the main entry point for the complete hardware related documentation for all MCs and modules produced be Espressif.
ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 by Espressif
Main source of information:
Espressif ESP232 DevKitC user guide
The ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 is a general-purpose development board, based on ESP32-S3-WROOM-1, ESP32-S3-WROOM-1U, or ESP32-S3-WROOM-2. All ESP32-S3 pins are exposed to the board's pin headers. The mounted modules WROOM-1 and WROOM-2 differ in their memory sizes. The U-variant provides an antenna connector for an external antenna instead the integrated one.
The AMC SS2024 course utilizes the development kit variant ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1-N8R8. Specs:
- ESP32-S3 WROOM-1 module with integrated antenna
- 8 MB flash memory (for program code)
- 8 MB RAM (for variables during program execution)
More Resources
Wolles Elektronikiste (de): Excellent technical overview in German.