Introducing the SoC 'ESP32-C5' with a built-in RISC-V processor and capable of wireless communication via Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5, with development boards already available for around 2,000 yen



Espressif Systems, known for developing wireless communication-enabled SoCs such as the ESP32, has begun mass production of the RISC-V-based SoC ESP32-C5 .

ESP32-C5 2.4 and 5 GHz Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 MCU | Espressif Systems

https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-c5

Espressif's ESP32-C5 is Now in Mass Production | Espressif Systems
https://www.espressif.com/en/news/ESP32-C5_Mass_Production

The ESP32-C5 is an SoC that contains a 32-bit RISC-V-based CPU running at 240MHz, ROM, SRAM, and a wireless communication controller in a single chip. The development board 'ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1' equipped with the ESP32-C5 looks like this.



The ESP32-C5 is capable of wireless LAN communication using the Wi-Fi 6 standard and supports dual-band communication at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.



In addition to Bluetooth 5 (LE), it also supports short-range wireless communication standards such as

Thread and ZigBee .



Software for the ESP32-C5 can be developed using the Espressif Systems development framework '

ESP-IDF '. It can also be used as a communications co-processor using ' ESP-AT ' or ' ESP-Hosted '.



The ESP32-C5 is available from official sample providers , and the price of the ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1 on AliExpress was 2,167 yen (tax included).

ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1 Development Board Espressif Systems 2.4 & 5 GHz Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 - AliExpress
https://ja.aliexpress.com/item/1005008790788462.html



In addition, Espressif Systems has published a product portfolio (PDF file) that allows you to compare the specifications of various SoCs, including the ESP32-C5.



in Hardware, Posted by log1o_hf