DFRobot Beetle ESP32 – C3 (RISC-V Core Development Board)

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  1. Small size of 25*20.5 mm
  2. Onboard Lithium charging management function, safer charging and discharging
  3. Comes with expansion board, more convenient to make projects or use with a screen
  4. RISC-V 32bit core
  5. Support WiFi and Bluetooth 5(LE) dual-mode communication
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Description

Beetle ESP32-C3, mainly intended for IoT applications, is a controller based on ESP32-C3 RISC-V 32bit single-core processor.

On a coin-size board of 25*20.5 mm, there are up to 13 IO ports broken out, so you don’t have to worry about running out of IO ports when making projects. Meanwhile, the li-ion battery charging management function is integrated on the board which allows for directly connecting the li-ion battery without extra modules, while ensuring the application size and safety.

The equipped expansion board for Beetle ESP32-C3 brings out more power sources without increasing product volume, more convenient for solder. Besides, the onboard easy-to-connect GDI saves the trouble of wiring when using a screen.

Beetle ESP32-C3 supports WiFi and Bluetooth 5 (LE) dual-mode communication that reduces the difficulty of networking, and also both Bluetooth Mesh protocol and Espressif WiFi Mesh are supported for more stable communication and a larger coverage area.

Detailed tutorials for Beetle ESP32-C3 are provided for users to use the controller’s WiFi function, such as connecting to IoT platforms like Aliyun, IFTTT, etc. Or users can use various sensors and actuators from DFRobot to build up IoT systems.

Beetle ESP32-C3 can be programmed by Arduino IDE, ESP-IDF, MicroPython, C, and Python are both supported.


Features:

  1. Small size of 25*20.5 mm
  2. Onboard Lithium charging management function, safer charging and discharging
  3. Comes with expansion board, more convenient to make projects or use with a screen
  4. RISC-V 32bit core
  5. Support WiFi and Bluetooth 5(LE) dual-mode communication

Specifications:

Basic Parameter

  • Operating Voltage: 3.3V
  • Type-C Input Voltage: 5V DC
  • VIN Input Voltage: 5V DC
  • Operating Current: 25mA
  • Maximum Charging Current: 400mA
  • Operating Temperature: -40~105℃
  • Size: 25 x 20.5mm/0.98 x0.81”

Hardware Parameter

  • Processor: 32bit RISC-V Single-core processor
  • Main Frequency: 160 MHz
  • SRAM: 400KB
  • ROM: 384KB
  • Flash: 4MB
  • RTC SRAM: 8KB
  • Clock: external crystal(32kHz); internal fast RC oscillator 17.5MHz(adjustable); PLL clock
  • USB: USB 2.0 Up to 12Mbit/s

WiFi

  • WiFi Protocol: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
  • Bandwidth: Supports 20 MHz, 40 MHz bandwidth in 2.4GHz band
  • WiFi Mode: Station, SoftAP, SoftAP+Station and promiscuous mode
  • WiFi Frequency: 2.4GHz
  • Frame Aggregation: TX/RX A-MPDU, TX/RX A-MSDU

Bluetooth

  • Bluetooth Protocol: Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth mesh
  • Bluetooth Frequency: 125 Kbps, 500 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps

Ports

  1. Digital I/O x13
  2. LED PWM 6 Channel
  3. SPI x1
  4. UART x2
  5. I2C x1
  6. I2S x1
  7. IR Transceiver: transmit channel x2, receive channel x2(random pin)
  8. 2 × 12-bit SAR ADCs, up to 6 channels
  9. DMA controller, with 3 transmit channels and 3 receive channels

Package Includes:

1 x DFRobot Beetle ESP32 – C3 (RISC-V Core Development Board)

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Description
  1. Small size of 25*20.5 mm
  2. Onboard Lithium charging management function, safer charging and discharging
  3. Comes with expansion board, more convenient to make projects or use with a screen
  4. RISC-V 32bit core
  5. Support WiFi and Bluetooth 5(LE) dual-mode communication
  1. CPU: Allwinner H3, Quad-core Cortex-A7 Up to 1.2GHz
  2. DDR3 RAM: 256MB/512MB
  3. Connectivity: 10/100M Ethernet
  4. USB Host: Type-A x 1, 2.54 mm pin x 2
  5. GPIO: 2.54mm pitch 36pin. It includes UART, SPI, I2C, IO etc
  6. Power: DC 5V/2A
  7. Working temperature: -20℃ to 70℃
  1. CPU: big.LITTLE,Dual-Core Cortex-A72(up to 2.0GHz) + Quad-Core Cortex-A53(up to 1.5GHz)
  2. GPU: Mali-T864 GPU,supports OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenCL, DX11, and AFBC
  3. NPU: 4K VP9 and 4K 10bits H265/H264 60fps decoding, Dual VOP, etc
  4. DDR3 RAM: 1GB DDR3/4GB LPDDR4
  5. Storage: No Onboard eMMC
  1. Type: Box PC
  2. Core: Processor ARM Cortex  A72 1.5GHz, 4 Core
  3. Storage: SSD, 128GB
  4. Camera: 8MP
  5. Color: Silver
  6. Memory: DDR (8GB Installed)

 

  1. Model: RENESAS  RTK5RX65N0S00000BE
  2. Product type: IOT WI-FI CLOUD CONNECTIVITY KIT EU,JP
  3. Frequency: 120MHz, RX v2 core
  4. On-board MCU: R5F565NEHDFB microcontroller
  5. Package: 144 pins, LQFP package
  1. MCU: ARMv8M KM4, 100MHz
  2. Memory: 4.2MB internal RAM on SoC and 2MB external flash on Dev. Board
  3. Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n 1×1 Wi-Fi (20/40MHz), Wi-Fi simple config
  4. Bluetooth: BLE 4.2, SIG Mesh (optional)
Content

Beetle ESP32-C3, mainly intended for IoT applications, is a controller based on ESP32-C3 RISC-V 32bit single-core processor.

On a coin-size board of 25*20.5 mm, there are up to 13 IO ports broken out, so you don’t have to worry about running out of IO ports when making projects. Meanwhile, the li-ion battery charging management function is integrated on the board which allows for directly connecting the li-ion battery without extra modules, while ensuring the application size and safety.

The equipped expansion board for Beetle ESP32-C3 brings out more power sources without increasing product volume, more convenient for solder. Besides, the onboard easy-to-connect GDI saves the trouble of wiring when using a screen.

Beetle ESP32-C3 supports WiFi and Bluetooth 5 (LE) dual-mode communication that reduces the difficulty of networking, and also both Bluetooth Mesh protocol and Espressif WiFi Mesh are supported for more stable communication and a larger coverage area.

Detailed tutorials for Beetle ESP32-C3 are provided for users to use the controller’s WiFi function, such as connecting to IoT platforms like Aliyun, IFTTT, etc. Or users can use various sensors and actuators from DFRobot to build up IoT systems.

Beetle ESP32-C3 can be programmed by Arduino IDE, ESP-IDF, MicroPython, C, and Python are both supported.


Features:

  1. Small size of 25*20.5 mm
  2. Onboard Lithium charging management function, safer charging and discharging
  3. Comes with expansion board, more convenient to make projects or use with a screen
  4. RISC-V 32bit core
  5. Support WiFi and Bluetooth 5(LE) dual-mode communication

Specifications:

Basic Parameter

  • Operating Voltage: 3.3V
  • Type-C Input Voltage: 5V DC
  • VIN Input Voltage: 5V DC
  • Operating Current: 25mA
  • Maximum Charging Current: 400mA
  • Operating Temperature: -40~105℃
  • Size: 25 x 20.5mm/0.98 x0.81”

Hardware Parameter

  • Processor: 32bit RISC-V Single-core processor
  • Main Frequency: 160 MHz
  • SRAM: 400KB
  • ROM: 384KB
  • Flash: 4MB
  • RTC SRAM: 8KB
  • Clock: external crystal(32kHz); internal fast RC oscillator 17.5MHz(adjustable); PLL clock
  • USB: USB 2.0 Up to 12Mbit/s

WiFi

  • WiFi Protocol: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
  • Bandwidth: Supports 20 MHz, 40 MHz bandwidth in 2.4GHz band
  • WiFi Mode: Station, SoftAP, SoftAP+Station and promiscuous mode
  • WiFi Frequency: 2.4GHz
  • Frame Aggregation: TX/RX A-MPDU, TX/RX A-MSDU

Bluetooth

  • Bluetooth Protocol: Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth mesh
  • Bluetooth Frequency: 125 Kbps, 500 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps

Ports

  1. Digital I/O x13
  2. LED PWM 6 Channel
  3. SPI x1
  4. UART x2
  5. I2C x1
  6. I2S x1
  7. IR Transceiver: transmit channel x2, receive channel x2(random pin)
  8. 2 × 12-bit SAR ADCs, up to 6 channels
  9. DMA controller, with 3 transmit channels and 3 receive channels

Package Includes:

1 x DFRobot Beetle ESP32 – C3 (RISC-V Core Development Board)

NanoPi NEO Open Source Allwinner H3 Development Board Super Raspberry Pie Quad-core Cortex-A7 DDR3 RAM 512MB Run Ubuntu Core CPU  Allwinner H3, Quad-core Cortex-A7 Up to 1.2GHz, 512MB DDR3 RAM, Connectivity: 10/100M Ethernet, USB Host Type-A, USB 2.0 x3 OS/Software: u-boot, Ubuntu-Core-Xenial, Debian-Jessie, PCB Dimension: 40 x 40 mm, Power Supply: DC 5V/2A, Debug Serial Port: 4Pin, 2.54 mm pitch pin header. GPIO1: 2.54mm pitch 24pin. It includes UART, SPI, I2C, IO etc. GPIO2: 2.54mm pitch 12pin. It includes USB, IR, SPDIF, and I2S The NanoPi NEO is an Allwinner H3 based timy ARM board. It’s very well featured as a platform for IOT projects and innovations for makers and geeks.


Features:

  1. Light weight
  2. Easy to use
  3. Plug and play device
  4. Low power consumption
  5. Compact design

Packages Includes:

1 x NanoPi Neo-LTS

The NanoPi R4S (as “R4S”) is a high-end FriendlyElec mini-router with edge-computing and dual Gbps Ethernet ports Its dimension is 66 x 66 mm. It is powered through USB Type C port. It works with FriendlyWRT, Ubuntu, Armbian etc.

The NanoPi R4S uses Rockchip’s high performance RK3399 SoC. This SoC’s frequency can reach as high as 1.8GHz. The NanoPi R4S has 1GB DDR3/4GB LPDDR4 RAM and dual Gbps Ethernet ports It supports dynamic frequency scaling It has two USB 3.0 ports that can interface with external hard drives,4G modules,USB HD cameras , USB WiFi modules etc.

Specifically FriendlyElec released a CNC metal case with fine engineering works for the NanoPi R4S. This metal case has excellent heat dissipation. In our test when assembled with this metal case the NanoPi R4S could run smoothly without frequency reduction.


Features:

  1. Light weight
  2. Easy to use
  3. Plug and play device
  4. Low power consumption
  5. Compact design

Packages Includes:

1 x NanoPi R4S

CM4 Media is a multimedia computer designed based on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. It provides 2 channels of USB 3.0, 1 channel of USB2.0, 1 channel of Gigabit Ethernet interface, 2 channels of HDMI interface supporting 4K video output, an 8-megapixel camera, and 2 channels of stereo speakers. You can play Audio and video without additional accessories.
You only need to press the power button to start or shut down the computer like operating a Windows computer. The operating system can be installed on the SSD hard disk and it boots faster than from an SD card. The large-capacity SSD hard disk can store various video data. The access speed of the SSD hard disk is up to 300MB/S.
CM4 Media installed Raspberry Pi-certified external WiFi and Bluetooth dual-band antennas to provide better wireless signals.
You can load different application software to turn the CM4 Media multimedia computer into a network set-top box, network storage server, wireless access point, and other different devices.
CM4 Media’s case is made of CNC-cut aluminum alloy, very beautiful. The case provides excellent heat dissipation performance for the CPU, PMU, and wireless module, which improves the system’s reliability. You can choose black, silver and pink colors.


Package Includes:

1 x EDATec CM4 Media Baseboard CM4104000 4GB DDR,120G SSD WiFi/Bluetooth Antenna Silver Color CNC Aluminum Case 8MP Camera

 

The Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit is an RX65N microcontroller-based cloud communications evaluation kit which is an ideal evaluation environment for IoT device developers. You can easily provide Wi-Fi connectivity to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure) to help start developing IoT devices.

The kit includes a Wi-Fi communication module, a temperature and humidity sensor, an optical sensor, a 3-axis acceleration sensor, a USB port for serial communication, and a USB port for debugging. The sensor data that is uploaded to AWS and Azure from this kit can be observed on cloud services. In addition, the e2 studio integrated development environment has been enhanced for this kit. The network stack for FreeRTOS and Azure RTOS, the configuration of component libraries, and the generation of source code can be done within e2 studio.

The RX65N microcontroller included in this kit is a next-generation general-purpose MCU with a human machine interface (HMI) and security features that are ideal for IoT edge devices. The built-in dual-bank capability and trusted secure IP features make secure cloud communications and firmware updates both easy and robust.


Features:

  1. Low power consumption
  2. Compact design
  3. Debug on-board
  4. Quick and easy development
  5. Securely and reliably connect to cloud services
  6. Assists in IoT device prototyping
  7. Reduction in actual product development manhours

Specifications:

  1. Model: RENESAS  RTK5RX65N0S00000BE
  2. Product type: IOT WI-FI CLOUD CONNECTIVITY KIT EU,JP
  3. Frequency: 120MHz, RX v2 core
  4. On-board MCU: R5F565NEHDFB microcontroller
  5. Package: 144 pins, LQFP package
  6. External power supply: 5V
  7. LEDS: 4 user connector
  8. Commutations protocols: 2 Digilent Pmod™ (SPI/UART/I2C: Type-6A and Type-2A) connectors

Packages Includes:

1 x RENESAS  RTK5RX65N0S00000BE  IOT WI-FI CLOUD CONNECTIVITY KIT EU,JP

 

Ameba Z2 AWS IoT ExpressLink Devkit is built on the Realtek RTL8720CM SoC and offers direct access and connections to the AWS Cloud with pre-installed AWS IoT ExpressLink, for quick establishment of IoT(Internet of Things) applications.

AWS IoT ExpressLink is connectivity software that powers a range of hardware modules developed and offered by AWS partners. It meets AWS security requirements, allowing users to navigate the complex world of networking and encryption layers without software programs or encryption expertise, and quickly and easily develop IoT devices that can be securely connected to the AWS cloud.

This development board uses a serial interface (UART) and an abstracted Application Programming Interface (API) to connect any host application processor to AWS IoT Core and its services. With easy access to over 200 AWS cloud services, you can collect, store and analyze various data in the cloud and seamlessly integrate with a series of AWS services. With the OTA firmware upgrade method, you can realize safe and convenient equipment upgrades.

Additionally, it combines an ARM® ARMV8M KM4 MCU architecture, carrying 802.11n Wi-Fi radio and Bluetooth wireless capabilities, mounted with multiple interfaces including UART, SPI, PWM, and I2C, along with configurable GPIOs, all of which are designed for IoT applications and control flexibility.


Features:

  1. AWS IoT Development Board: Powered by RTL8720CM SoC, pre-installed AWS IoT ExpressLink to provide direct access to AWS Cloud for secure data management
  2. OTA(Over-the-Air) Firmware Upgrade: Implement safe and convenient equipment upgrade
  3. Wireless Capability: Provide 802.11n Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth 4.2 function
  4. Multiple interfaces: Offer multiple IO options such as UART, SPI, PWM, and IIC, along with configurable GPIOs for application and control flexibility

Specification:

  1. MCU: ARMv8M KM4, 100MHz
  2. Memory: 4.2MB internal RAM on SoC and 2MB external flash on Dev. Board
  3. Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n 1×1 Wi-Fi (20/40MHz), Wi-Fi simple config
  4. Bluetooth: BLE 4.2, SIG Mesh (optional)
  5. Security: Cryptographic operation, Secure boot (optional), Wi-Fi WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPS
  6. Interface: 3 UART including 2 HS-UART and 1 log UART, 1 SPI (Master/Slave), 1 I2C (Master/Slave), 1 SDIO 2.0, 8 PWM, Max. 16 GPIOs

Packages Includes:

1 x Ameba Z2 AWS IoT ExpressLink Devkit – AWS IoT ExpressLink, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, multiple IO resources, OTA upgrade

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Additional information
CPU

Allwinner H3, Quad-core Cortex-A7 Up to 1.2GHz

DDR3 RAM

256MB/512MB

Connectivity

10/100M Ethernet

USB Host

Type-A x 1, 2.54 mm pin x 2

Debug Serial Port/UART0

4Pin, 2.54 mm pitch pin header

MicroUSB

OTG, for power input

GPIO

2.54mm pitch 36pin. It includes UART, SPI, I2C, IO etc

PCB Dimension

40 x 40 mm

Power

DC 5V/2A

Working temperature

-20℃ to 70℃

OS Support

 FriendlyCore 16.04(based on UbuntuCore-16.04) FriendlyWrt 19.07.1(32-bit) Armbian DietPi Lakka Kali

CPU

big.LITTLE,Dual-Core Cortex-A72(up to 2.0GHz) + Quad-Core Cortex-A53(up to 1.5GHz)

GPU

Mali-T864 GPU,supports OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenCL, DX11, and AFBC

NPU

4K VP9 and 4K 10bits H265/H264 60fps decoding, Dual VOP, etc

DDR3 RAM

1GB DDR3/4GB LPDDR4

Storage

No Onboard eMMC

Network

One Native Gigabit Ethernet, and one PCIe Gigabit Ethernet

PMU Power Management

RK808-D PMIC, cooperated with independent DC/DC, enabling DVFS, software power-down, RTC wake-up, system sleep mode

USB Host

Two USB 3.0 Type-A ports

Debug Serial Port/UART0

One Debug UART, 3 Pin 2.54mm header, 3V level, 1500000bps

MicroSD Slot

1

GPIO

2×5-pin header: SPI x 1, I2C x 1

4-pin header

USB 2.0

LED

1 x power LED and 3 x GPIO Controlled LED (SYS, LAN, WAN)

PCB Dimension

8 Layer, 66 mm x 66 mm

Power

DC 5V/3A, via USB-C connector or Pin header

Working temperature

-20℃ to 70℃

Processor

Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz H.265 (HEVC) (up to 4Kp60 decode), H.264 (up to 1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode) OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics

Memory

8GB LPDDR4-3200 SDRAM

Storage

Support boot from SD Card( Capacity can be chosen from 32GB~256GB) Support boot from SSD hard disk driver(Capacity can be chosen from 120GB~1TB

Multimedia

8-megapixel camera (Optional ) 2 channel 1W stereo speakers 1-channel MEMS microphone Support headphone jack and external microphone 1 standard HDMI 4K high-definition output interface 1 channel Micro HDMI 4K high-definition output interface

Network and wireless

1 channel 10/100/1000M Ethernet 2.4G/5.8G dual-band WiFi, compatible with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac Bluetooth BLE5.0 1 official Raspberry Pi external antenna 4G/LTE version optional (non-SSD hard disk version)

Interface

2 channels USB3.0 1 channel way USB2.0

Other

One-click switch turns on/off the system with power & status LED indication RTC built-in with a backup battery

Power Supply

USB Type C interface, 5V/3A DC input

Dimensions (L x W x H) mm

100 x 100 x 19

Weight

260g

Software Environment

Raspbian Desktop version pre-installed