They are available now.
in a EU shop or a shop which is declairing VAT?
You could ask/search on the QuinLED Discord server.
If there’s not something existing they may think about a new distribution channel to reduce costs to EU?
There’s even a “Dutch chat” channel on the server, so they might know…
Isn’t that all a bit weird? Both QuinLED (in the Netherlands) and the mother company of Allnet China (in Germany) are EU based. Shouldn’t they have thought about a EU distribution channel already, without requiring our external input?
I guess so. Yeah fair enough. I didn’t know that context.
Anyway, doesn’t hurt to ask the same question over there - probably more EU QuinLED users over there.
Hey @JetSerge and others. I wanted to give a quick update.
My go-to ESP32 is the M5Stamp C3U now.
It is small, convenient, and pretty. Perfect for most simple use cases (your typical sensor/actor node).
ESPHome:
esphome:
name: testing-esp
friendly_name: Testing ESP
esp32:
board: esp32dev
framework:
type: arduino
The company behind this series is fast. There is once again a newer product listed on their webpage: M5Stamp ESP32S3 Module | m5stack-store
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Lolin/Wemos ESP32S3 mini - lots of IO, S3 - psram, fast like sanic, onboard RGB led. My go-to.
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Does anyone have experience with the Bee S3? It is open hardware, which is always nice to see, and looks pretty interesting. The same developer also has a version with a PIR sensor already on it and a “data logger” version, though these other two are significantly more expensive, maybe party due to the support for LiPo charging. Anyway, I wonder how well they would work in esphome - I assume it would be easy enough since it has a library for Arduino.
Does anyone have recommendations for a good module with an ESP32-C6 or H2? I’m curious to try out the Zigbee capabilities.
I guess the first step for you would be then to add ZigBee support for esphome.
Ah, of course - I guess these are new enough that ESPHome doesn’t support it yet anyway…
If you want to use the zigbee capabilities you probably need to go C++.
This sounds really promising for solar powered projects, but the gadget is not yet available:
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Anyone care to share experiences of using a small footprint ESP32 that has a UART and I2C or UART and I2S, plus 6 GPIO pins. Working on WiFi and powered by 5V.
I’ve tried the Seeed Studio Xiao ESP32C3 but with very mixed results so looking for an alternative.
I recall seeing TinyPico’s were getting good reviews for a while.
Not sure if things have moved on.
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I have been playing with the ESP32-C3 Super Mini, the chip antenna is a bit less sensitive than other types but it seems to work fine. Then again sometimes the C3 is just a pain to get working for no apparent reason.
Can’t add an image at the moment, but here is the item on the Tasmota site.
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That’s beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
What’s your issue with the ESP32-C3? Unproblematic with ESPHome from my experience.
@gaz99 Do you mind saying what interfaces you’ve got running, or have had success in running? On the Xiao C3 I’ve had trouble with anything that requires a UART, evenually got a combination that works with UART and GPIO but not with UART and I2C or with UART and I2S.
I looked at the SuperMini-ESP32-C3 previously, but can’t remember now why I went for the Xiao C3. Maybe need to try it and see?
I have a $2 C3 SuperMini running Upsy Desky (standing desk automation with a web server), plus ble_client/esp32_ble_tracker with 3 devices. No issues so far. It even somehow works with non-level shifted 5V on GPIO without burning.
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