Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production

Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by stavros on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:19PM (#43851806)

This is looking pretty great, I've really wanted a MCU with Zigbee on it, for the various little battery-operated devices I've wanted to make. However, with Espressif's lineup, I've really lost track of what does what, lately.

Does anyone know of a good comparison resource?

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by e-max on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:03PM (#43852136)

The flashy PDF is here https://products.espressif.com/static/Espressif%20SoC%20Prod... a one-pager comparing all models.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by throwup238 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:09PM (#43852177)

According to that pdf the ESP32-C5 does have Zigbee.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by phaistra on Thursday May 01, 2025 @10:09AM (#43857902)

Are we sure this is correct? The table shows ESP32-C5 supports CANFD but I cant find any info on CAN-FD peripheral, drivers, etc.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by baby_souffle on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:24PM (#43851847)

https://products.espressif.com/#/product-comparison

This is a little bit more interactive and detail-oriented. I think they also have flashy onesheet PDFs that are more marketing oriented.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by dx4100 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:01PM (#43852122)

The ESP32-C6 has a Zigbee radio. I have 6 myself -- they're great.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by stavros on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:20PM (#43852259)

I bought a few of those, but at $8 they're a bit pricier than the $3 Espressif spoiled me with.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by nagisa on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:20PM (#43852699)

supermini boards with esp32c6 on it can be had for approximately 4 euro each.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by stavros on Thursday May 01, 2025 @03:34AM (#43854688)

Do you have any links? I couldn't find any.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by dvdkon on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:46AM (#43856971)

Digikey has the modules for under 4 EUR in unit quantities, but they aren't the friendliest to integrate, since they only have pads on the bottom. I also found some boards with the bare chip for just over 4 EUR there, you can also find similar ones on AliExpress.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by stavros on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:48AM (#43856992)

Nice, thanks! I didn't find them a few days ago when I looked, and I spend $40 for 5, when I could have gotten 10. Thanks again.

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by teruakohatu on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:20PM (#43853370)

Does the Zigbee work well/as expected? Does it have lower power draw when doing Zigbee vs. wifi?

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by iforgotpassword on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:14AM (#43854230)

I'd like to know that too, have been considering doing some zigbee tinkering, and battery powered would be a requirement. I've read in some other comment that nRF would be much better in that regard. Need to do some googling for numbers...

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Re:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production by 15155 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @11:07AM (#43858676)

All MCUs with 802.15.4 radios (STM32WB, nRF5x, ESP32, Ambiq, etc.) can transmit and receive Zigbee frames. The real issue with Zigbee is full software support.

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