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eitherway

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Young Wantrepreneur & Developer. Loves Anki & mind palaces. Writes about things.

Currently working on https://likeknob.com

Twitter: @eitherwayio

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eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
What use case does the ESP32 have?

Wouldn't it be better to just recommend the S3, where there is currently only one version available?

There are like a dozen different versions for the ESP32.

"Two or one CPU core(s) with adjustable clock frequency, ranging from 80 MHz to 240 MHz"

In this case it seems to be the better choice to just use the ESP-S3 with better encryption support and support for Cameras.

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Uups. You are right. Although, in my defence the S2 was released prior to the S3.

Corrected it.

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Thank you for the nice compliment. I have felt exactly the same way and that's why I've written this post.
eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Thank you for posting the link. I've seen this, but lost the link.

Would you mind explaining what the advantage is over the ESP-IDF or the Arduino-SDK?

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Could you elaborate what a BSP is?

I am only starting in the IOT Hardware World.

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Ah ok, I see. Although I don't fully comprehend what you are saying.

The main feature seems to be that it's an open architecture, so you don't have to rely on the things that a manufacturer provides you.

I also added your comparison table to the article.

And thank you for the compliment!

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Thank you!
eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Thank you! Honestly, I didn't realize that.

I added a note to the Article.

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
This guide was mainly intended for beginners like me who didn't know the ESP platform yet (like me a few months ago).

I'm also working on my writing skills. So forgive me for styling errors.

I know the ESP32-Cx is based on the RISC-V architecture. Could you elaborate why this is a feature or in what way this is an advantage?

eitherway··on ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors
Encryption in General on the ESP32 is difficult.

I haven't used it, but there now seems to be some good support in the ESP-IDF Framework: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/...