Swiss YouTuber Andreas Spiess acquired a particular supply from Espressif, the extremely standard ESP32 microcontroller and IoT platform producer. In his newest video, Spiess provides an outline and hands-on take a look at the ESP32-C5 dual-band Wi-Fi 6-enabled microcontroller. This engineering pattern and video are so recent there may be nonetheless flux on the board!
Espressif first introduced the ESP32-C5 in 2022. Till a number of months in the past, the one different information in regards to the chip gave the impression to be a demo board that includes the system on chip (SoC) and module! The Espressif ESP32-C5 has a single 32-bit RISC-V core with a dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) radio supporting Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5 (LE), Zigbee, and Thread (802.15.4). This SoC is Espressif’s first to assist Wi-Fi’s 5 GHz band.
Spiess opens his video on the thrilling new board with a slight tease and comparability to the ESP32-C6 module. The C6 has a single-band radio (2.4 GHz) however no inside PSRAM, whereas the C5 has the aforementioned 5 GHz functionality and choices for both inside Flash or inside PSRAM.
One disadvantage to utilizing such early {hardware} is the restricted toolchains out there. For instance, Spiess couldn’t but program the ESP32-C5 with the Arduino IDE. Nonetheless, Spiess doesn’t doubt that an Arduino board bundle will likely be out there sooner or later.
As a substitute, he relied on two pre-compiled binaries to show the C5’s means to behave as an Entry Level (AP Mode) and scan for Wi-Fi SSIDs. The AP instance created a community on Channel 120. The 5 GHz Wi-Fi band has channels outlined between 5.150 and 5.895 GHz. Channel 120 operates round 5.6 GHz, which Spiess confirmed with the assistance of a TinySA, a handheld spectrum analyzer. The SSID scanner binary appropriately recognized 2.4 and 5 GHz APs in Spiess’ lab.
The mix of radios makes the ESP32-C5 a superb platform for IoT units. Since Spiess has restricted firmware for the C5, he closes the video exhibiting Zigbee examples utilizing the ESP32-C6.
Most of us should wait till Espressif’s dev board or third-party boards turn out to be available. Till then, get pleasure from a video through which “a man with a Swiss accent” describes the thrilling ESP32-C5.
