Waveshare ESP32-C6 Microcontroller with Pinheader, WiFi 6 Development Board, 160MHz Single-Core Processor, ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 Module, Supports USB and UART Development

I've done some Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects in the past, but haven't played with an ESP32 board to date. This seems to be a good quality device. I was able to get up and running reasonably quickly. While I haven't had a chance to use its Bluetooth capability yet, I did get it connected just fine to wifi.My soldering skills are abysmal, so I was pleased that it came with presolders headers. USB-C connectivity was also handy compared to past devices that I've used which use MicroUSB.I'm looking forward to trying out some home automatic projects using this device over the summer.

The ESP32- particularly, the original WROOM/WROVER/NodeMCU/Node32/DevKitC variants are powerful and versatile microcontrollers that are excellent values. I discovered them when trying to find development boards during the chip shortage, which affected price and availability of the more popular platforms, and mind blown. With full Arduino IDE support and a vast community, it was truly serendipitous.That said, this specimen is based on RISC-V and over a year since its release, board support in Arduino IDE is still absent. There is alpha board support and the Espressif IDF, but that's a completely different level of complexity. Arduino IDE support has been announced and should be available when ESP32 Core 3.0 is release hopefully any day now. To Waveshare's credit, they do have a very detailed step by step guide to setting up the Espressif IDF in Visual Studio Code on their Wiki. Just google 'Waveshare ESP32-C6' and click on the result for the wiki page. The wiki also walks through some coding samples.Waveshare makes some pretty good stuff and this board is no exception. I do like that it's the same width as the NodeMCU variant, which makes it breadboard friendly. In the attached picture, this board is in the middle, while the NodeMCU is on the left and another brand's C6 on the right. Hard to tell in the pic, but there is a full row of breadboard sockets accessible on either side of the board.It does have the headers already soldered on, so that's a time saver. Pins are labeled on the bottom of the board- which is better than no labeling at all. Best of all, it's reasonably priced.

Kleiner Alleskönner.Native Chipfunktionen (WiFi/Zigbee) wurden direkt getestet und haben super funktioniert.Der I2C Port ist beim ESP32C6 im Pinout wie folgt:SDA = 6SDC = 7MOSI Daten für SDCARD Treiber 5vMOSI = 19MISO = 20SCK = 21CK = 18Nachtrag:Das Entwicklerboard verzeiht auch kleinere Fehler

The media could not be loaded.  It came packaged really well, with foam protecting the pins and placed inside an antistatic bag.The esp32 module seems to be sourced directly from espressif and the board itself is clean from imperfections. It doesn't come with support in the Arduino IDE but waveshare has a page (/wiki/ESP32-C6-DEV-KIT-N8) with easy to follow tutorials for installation in VSCode with examples and I was able to get it set up pretty smoothly (the extension needs to be installed on C drive though, any other drive causes install error).The examples are provided in both python and C++, great if you're more familiar with one or both, I found this super helpful as I'm fluent in python but need to brush up on C++, with this being a 1 to 1 comparison.For me this RISC-V esp32 is new and a learning experience, but the examples provided by waveshare in the VSCode extension is expansive and enough for me to get a grasp of. This is definately for developers who have worked with microcontrollers before, for me I think it's well worth it for diving into RISC-V C++ and python development

The ESP32-C6 has 8MB flash storage, 160MHz processor, Bluetooth/wifi communications, USB-C connector, pre-soldered header and meets my expectations. It's easy to program with microPython or the Arduino IDE (C6 support via Core 3); wireless options through BT5 or WiFi 6 are great. The built-in RGB led gives easy, visual feedback through GPIO8. It's unusual for every digital pin to support PWM and the C6 has this abundantly. This dev board has also given me the opportunity to explore the RISC-V instruction set. Online documentation and tutorials are very good and abundant. I'm happy with this product and recommend it.