Jan 2021
Hi everyone,
Espressif’s Founder and CEO, Teo Swee Ann, recently gave an interview to EEWeb, the go-to website for users of electronic design tools. Discussing Espressif’s plans for Artificial Intelligence, Teo Swee Ann said: “We will be introducing our low-cost AI-enabled line of products early in 2021, based on the ESP32-S series of chips, starting with ESP32-S3. For AI chips, it is not enough to build the hardware; the algorithm is equally important because we do not expect average Makers to collect enough training samples and roll their own AI networks now. So, we will be populating our GitHub repositories with more AI code. We have been internally testing ESP32-S3 and we are able to achieve state-of-the-art performance for tasks such as beam forming, wake-word recognition and offline command recognition.”
Espressif’s official announcement about ESP32-S3 has already made the rounds on the internet. ESP32 has become a mainstream IoT microcontroller since its release in 2016, so it is only natural that a new member in this series of MCUs causes sensation. Espressif is always committed to innovating its AIoT solutions; hence, ESP32-S3 is the result of an overall optimization in terms of connectivity, AI computing power, security, IO availability, and peripheral interfaces.
Furthermore, Teo Swee Ann announced in his EEWeb interview that “ESP32-S3 has also been tested on some image-related applications, but a more powerful version will come with ESP32-S4”. So, fans of the ESP32-S series should be waiting for more from Espressif in the near future!
Other topics you can read about in this month’s newsletter include:
ESP32-Powered PDP-11 Minicomputer
Espressif’s Software and Technical Marketing Manager, Jeroen Domburg, otherwise known as Sprite_tm, has just built an ESP32-powered, ultra-compact replica of a Digital DEC VT-102 terminal emulating a PDP-11 running 2.11BSD.
Line-us: An ESP8266-Based Drawing Robot
Line-us is a small, portable, ESP8266-based robot which draws using a real pen on paper. The free app that goes with Line-us lets you draw, send messages, share sketchbooks or collect artworks from others!
Agromon: Smart Agriculture Using ESP32-WROOM-32U
Agromon is a wireless transmitter based on ESP32-WROOM-32U and designed for agricultural IoT applications. As a plug-and-play device, Agromon can be easily installed and used. By simply plugging in the sensors included in the package, the device is ready for use.
MorphESP 240: A New ESP32-S2 Board by Morpheans
Morpheans, a French startup, are introducing MorphESP 240, an easy-to-use dev board that is compatible with Arduino and CircuitPython. MorphESP 240 is based on ESP32-S2 and comes with a built-in, high-resolution, IPS-color display.
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John Lee.
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