ESP32-C3 Support

[Linjieqiang]

[tannewt]

We won't be supporting the C3 because the USB device is a built in USB to UART and JTAG converter. It isn't a generic USB device peripheral. Sorry! Let Espressif know you'd like a full USB peripheral.

[Linjieqiang]

That's a pity. Thanks. @tannewt

[microdev1]

CircuitPython just got a BLE workflow, so esp32c3 support is now possible.

[s-light]

is there any other status for the port / support?
on the docs its says only beta and

BLE Connection:
This feature is not yet available and currently under development.

on the circuitpython.org/downloads list at least the search does not find anything related to C3 and in the filter Processor family there is only esp32s2 available.

my feeling is that we will just wait for ESP32-S3 for a full support...

[tannewt]

It is still very early. Looks like there are two C3 boards defined so far:

ports/espressif/boards/ai_thinker_esp32-c3s/mpconfigboard.mk
4:IDF_TARGET = esp32c3

ports/espressif/boards/microdev_micro_c3/mpconfigboard.mk
4:IDF_TARGET = esp32c3

[s-light]

thanks for the update :-)

i have read that the cp bluethooth support relies on the WebBluethooth API that is currently only available in chrome...
so i think for me that is currently out of interest...
will have to dive deeper into this some time..

[tannewt]

That's true for code.circuitpython.org. It is the best option for Android. We'll have separate iOS apps very soon for it.

[s-light]

dive deeper
→ i thought more in the direction of how can i use it with my linux laptop..
and in the end i probably will land back at the beginning:
wishing just this wonderful simple USB-mass-storage-drive that just works for every one ;-)

for the educational aspect i am on the line with you!
i just get to know that in a growing number of schools here in germany pupils get a personal (lockeddown) ipad from school... apple really did a great job on selling these things and looking the people into this thing :-(
so for this use case i also think an app will be the easiest way - as it fits in the system...