It seems every day there’s a new microcontroller announcement for which the manufacturer is keen to secure your eyeballs. Today it’s the turn of Espressif, whose new part is the ESP32-P4, which ...

One for Gadget Masters to note: there's a new version of the Arduino Nano - the IoT-friendly Nano ESP32 - bringing the Espressif ESP32-S3 microcontroller into the Arduino ecosystem. The Wi-Fi and ...

The Chinese chip manufacturer Espressif is known for its cheap and widely used microcontrollers with integrated WLAN, ESP8266 and ESP32. The new ESP32-P4 is significantly more powerful because it ...

Recent reports have circulated concerning ESP32 chips, initially suggesting the presence of a “backdoor.” This claim ...

I'm a big fan of the ESP32, and I have a few different boards that I play around with. I have two of the "classic" ESP32 microcontrollers, an ESP32-C6 with Zigbee and Thread support, and an ESP32-S3.

My first foray into the IoT utilized the Espressif ESP8266, an SoC with 32-bit MCU and 2.4-GHz Wi-Fi built in. Since then, I have used many different module variants based on the microcontroller. So ...

Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ...

“The IOT is a rapidly growing set of fragmented and multi-faceted applications. The combination of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth offers the best user experience, covering a wide range of use cases.” said Teo ...

Espressif, the company behind the extremely popular ESP8266 and ESP32 microcontrollers has just announced their latest chip. It’s the ESP32-S2. It’s a powerful WiFi-enabled microcontroller, and this ...