There’s a Technical Reference Manual[0], and a pinout[1] which show some of the features (multiple analogue inputs, huzzah!)<p>[0]<a href="https://espressif.com/sites/default/files/documentation/esp32_technical_reference_manual_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://espressif.com/sites/default/files/documentation/esp3...</a><p>[1]<a href="http://www.pighixxx.com/test/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ESP32_Pinout_a1_3.png" rel="nofollow">http://www.pighixxx.com/test/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ESP3...</a>
TIL that Espressif (the manufacturer of the ESP8266 and ESP32) hired the guy behind <a href="http://spritesmods.com/" rel="nofollow">http://spritesmods.com/</a>. That's a very promising sign that they plan to keep their hobbyist/hacker user base in mind.
I'd love to see LLVM support for this so I can run Rust on it, someone wrote that "it's about a month of a part-time work for a single developer" (see <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10994577" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10994577</a>).<p>Is this realistic? A Kickstarter project might be a way to do this...<p>Update: also see <a href="http://hackaday.com/2016/09/05/new-part-day-the-esp32-has-been-released/#comment-3183545" rel="nofollow">http://hackaday.com/2016/09/05/new-part-day-the-esp32-has-be...</a>
I spent 30 mins reading about this chip and I still don't get it. I get why the ESP8266 was awesome ... MCU + wifi for super cheap. Why is this chip so exciting? Is it because it is supposed to be wifi+ARM (an ARM good enough to emulate a sega mastersystem game as per a youtube video)+other goodies? I saw rumors of other goodies being BLE. Is that confirmed or was that hot air :)
I know that MicroPython was ported to the ESP8266, so presumably it will eventually come to ESP32.<p>I suppose that's probably going to be easiest way to get things done with it... or at least a really popular way.
You can preorder an ESP32 module(with 4MB flash) from SeeedStudio[1] right now.<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.seeedstudio.com/ESP3212-Wifi-Bluetooth-Combo-Module-p-2706.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.seeedstudio.com/ESP3212-Wifi-Bluetooth-Combo-Modu...</a>
Do any good competitors to the ESP32 exist at this point? E.x. something small with WiFi and Bluetooth that's usable by hobbyists?<p>Also, anyone know how to pay more to get one of these ASAP? Or is anyone who has one willing to sell theirs?
"As far as any new information regarding the ESP32 is concerned, don’t expect much. It’s released, though, and in a month or so the work of documenting this supposed wonderchip will begin."
Anyone have a good idea on how it compared to for example the CHIP? (<a href="https://getchip.com/pages/chip" rel="nofollow">https://getchip.com/pages/chip</a>). I saw the announcement for ESP32 a few days ago but it looks like it's around $7 for one which to me seemed expensive compared to $9 for the CHIP.<p>From my quick scanning, power peaks seems to be lower but if somebody with better knowledge of these things can chip in that would be appreciated.<p>Mainly wondering if I should add these ESP32 to my collection or not (as I already have 2 CHIP:s and a few ESP8266) :-)
First ESP3212 breakout board immediately available (ESP3212 not included yet) <a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/dude8604/esp3212-breakout-board-alpha/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tindie.com/products/dude8604/esp3212-breakout-bo...</a>
From the 'Applications' list on Seeed Studio:<p><pre><code> • Video streaming from camera
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Can anyone tell me how you'd hook up a camera to this device?
Anyone have any idea on bulk costs. If buying 5-10K of the esp8266 modules, its chhheeeapp. Would love to consider switching over but curious on costs.
This thing has I2S, meaning that you can hook up an audio codec to it. I wonder if it could handle stereo audio without underrunning the output stream?
getting started with the esp8266 was mainly for ppl with some background in soldering. also, flashing the esp8266 was not too easy (python script, some system libs needed to be present iirc). for beginners, i found arduino, tessel or espruino to be easier. also, espruino now runs on esp8266 - the ecosystem that will evolve around the esp32 will be interesting to see