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Introduction to ESP Development Boards
In this book, we will be using two types of ESP-based development boards manufactured by Espressif Systems (688018.SH). Espressif Systems is a public multinational, fabless semiconductor company established in 2008. They mainly develop state-of-the-art Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-based IoT development boards and SoCs. Their popular products include the ESP8266 (the chipset powering the popularly known NodeMCU), ESP32, ESP32-S, and ESP32-C series of chips, modules, and development boards.
This chapter introduces you to two of the most popular development boards: the ESP8266 based NodeMCU and the ESP32 development board. The chapter is divided into 3 main sections:
- ESP8266-based NodeMCU development board
- ESP32 ...
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