ESP32 next generaton of ESP8266!

From the Twitter account of Expressif (but read on Hackaday!)

Yes ! This is really a good news !
I hope pricing will still be low and fast delivery date, hoping modules will appear on eBay soon.

Are the chips available yet ?

i wonder if they are pin compatible with the esp8266

If so, it would be possible to reflow on onto an existing module / PCB

Have they released data sheets yet? I dont see any official info on their site as yet.

H Roger,

I don’t think there is much released yet.
There is a new forum site just been opened, almost empty : http://esp32.com/forum

The chips won’t be compatible as described above, they are 40 pins instead of 32 pins, more GPIOs, and probably hardware I2C.

Thanks Martin

Shame the are not pin compatible, it will take longer for the existing low cost manufacturers to tool up for the new device.

“Our ESP8266 upgraded version of ESP32 upcoming series , this series of chips is very strong , with an upgraded version of the dual-core 32-bit MCU, more memory , Wi-Fi plus BLE combo , more imagination to change this time . Engineers are currently gearing up documentation and SDK, and we also prepared a 200 small development board can be used as a New Year gift for delivery to Beta Tester ‘s hands. Thank you for supporting Espressif Lexin , our team will continue to work , do a better job . This we do to open General Discussion section has been concerned for our enthusiastic developers discuss using , I hope you can find like-minded in this , and even fate next turn fronts cooperation. A new message , we will immediately inform you , thank you very much !”

or if you prefer..
我们的ESP8266升级版 ESP32系列即将问世，这一系列的芯片非常强大，有了双核升级版的32位MCU，更多的内存，Wi-Fi加BLE 二合一，更多的想象力去改变这个时间。 目前工程师们正在紧锣密鼓地准备文档和SDK，另外我们还准备了200份小开发板争取能作为新年礼物送达到Beta Tester们的手中。感谢大家对Espressif乐鑫的支持，我们的团队会再接再厉，做得更好。 此次我们暂时先开放General Discussion 板块供一直关注我们的热心开发者们讨论使用，希望你们在此也能找到志同道合者，甚至有转战线下合作的缘分。 一有新的消息，我们会立即告知大家，非常感谢！

ahull wrote:
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I’ve sent an email to become Beta User … I will see …
Been on the ESP Forum for more than a year, with even more posts on ESP than STM32 forums, I’m really anxious with this ESP32 news !

martinayotte wrote:I’ve sent an email to become Beta User ..

martinayotte wrote:
The chips won’t be compatible as described above, they are 40 pins instead of 32 pins, more GPIOs, and probably hardware I2C.

Hi Rudi !
Glad to see you here on STM32Duino forum, I’m used to see you on ESP forum …
(Still, even on ESP forum, you were quiet since awhile)

About ESP32, I’m just try to gather infos form every places.
Maybe the QFN40 is wrong. According to picture your provided, yes, it looks more QFN48.
BTW, where this picture comes from ? Is it one of your design ? Are you Early-Beta-Tester ?

You already speak about ESP64, are you an “insider”?

rudi,
I apologize for calling this new product as a new generation. I just used the same title found in HackAday

I believe that this new product was thought as a standalone product instead ESP8266 was thought working with a micro. So it is a new gereration for people that use a standalone ESP8266 but for people that need a wifi access for his product or MCU the ESP8266 is a better choice.

martinayotte wrote:Hi Rudi !
Glad to see you here on STM32Duino forum, I’m used to see you on ESP forum …
(Still, even on ESP forum, you were quiet since awhile)

zoomx wrote:rudi,
I apologize for calling this new product as a new generation. I just used the same title found in HackAday

martinayotte wrote:I’ve sent an email to become Beta User … I will see …

rudi wrote:
Where are you ?
http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f= … t=5#p33402
martinayotte wrote:
..
You already speak about ESP64, are you an “insider”?

martinayotte wrote:
I’m in Canada
Jokes apart, I’ve read this thread, I’ve even sent an email to “[email protected]“, but I’ve never got answer, neither with “esp32.com” signin.
I’ve never heard about ESP64, is it another product in their pipeline ?

rudi wrote:You have no response from signin at esp32.com? please try again, have you response / confirm the email from esp32.com?
have you seen in spam folder? Martin try again.

martinayotte wrote:
Clicking there doesn’t send me email too, so their email server is not working properly …

Thanks for the forum and possible talk about µC and stm32.
i am sure – will post next time in stm32 category too.

Hi Rudi

No worries

We talk about other things. OffTopic is the best place for a thread about something else

I know that many people who use STM32 also use ESP8266, and there are many wifi devices that also contain STM32 (Spark Photon and the EMW3165 – and probably many more )

So there is a lot of similarities between all of this.

I’m personally quite interested in ESP8266 and also Bluetooth, as I am experimenting with the Nordic nRF51822 BLE device at the moment using Arduino.

So it looks like the new ESP device will partially replace some of the things where I would use the nRF51822. However unless the ESP32 has a special low power BLE mode, I don’t think it will replace the nRF51822 for all applications, it will only replace applications where you need Wifi and BLE (but there are many such applications)

I’m not sure if this is any more information than what’s already out there. But thought I’d share.

Will the ESP32 be the ESP8266’s Worthy Successor?

Michael

Yes, Micheal, I’m following their forum religiously http://esp32.com/index.php.
I’ve tried to become on of the 200 beta users back in November, but unfortunately, there was a lineup, and they run out of units.
Back in late December, when users got their unit, I posted “I feel like a children crying under the Christmas tree because no gift for me”