SparkFun has introduced a new entry in its Thing Plus vary of improvement boards, this time constructed across the Espressif ESP32-S3 — and providing options of us in edge synthetic intelligence (edge AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives.The chip on the coronary heart of SparkFun’s new Thing Plus was unveiled by Espressif three years in the past, providing options focusing on on-device tiny machine studying (tinyML) and edge synthetic intelligence (edge AI) workloads. Designed previous to the corporate’s transfer to the RISC-V structure, it contains two Tensilica Xtensa LX7 cores operating at as much as 240MHz, with 2MB of pseudo-static RAM (PSRAM) and 4MB of flash storage on the ESP32-S3-MINI module chosen by SparkFun for the board. It additionally contains CPU extensions and {hardware} accelerators designed to spice up machine studying workload and safety activity efficiency.SparkFun’s Thing Plus ESP32-S3 brings a dual-core AI-accelerating module to the favored improvement board format. (📷: SparkFun)21 of the 45 whole programmable general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) pins out there on the ESP32-S3-MINI module are introduced out to breadboard-friendly headers on the SparkFun Thing Plus, together with as much as 4 SPI, two I2C, two I2S, and three UART buses. There’s an LCD interface for an exterior show, as much as eight pulse-width modulation (PWM) channels, a TWAI controller appropriate with CAN 2.0, and USB 2.0 Full Speed On-The-Go (OTG) capabilities.For IoT connectivity, the board contains single-band 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (BLE) radios, with a PCB antenna, whereas a microSD slot supplies native storage. There’s assist for an elective battery, charged through a Microchip MCP73831 and monitored through an Analog Devices MAX17048 accessible over I2C, and a four-pin Qwiic connector for solderless connection to exterior breakout boards — and a user-addressable RGB LED is included to the board’s prime nook, as an added bonus.The SparkFun Thing Plus ESP32-S3 is now out there to order on the corporate’s retailer, priced at $19.95 earlier than quantity reductions.
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SparkFun Expands Its Thing Plus Range with a New Edge AI Ready ESP32-S3 Model
