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Espressif has initiated mass production of its ESP32-S31, a wireless RISC-V system-on-chip (SoC) featuring dual-core RISC-V processors, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and IEEE 802.15.4 connectivity. Targeted at smart home hubs, audio devices, industrial automation, and edge AI systems, the chip delivers hi

Ukrainian developer Slava S. (GitHub user slvDev) successfully ran a 28.9-million-parameter language model on the $10 ESP32-S3 microcontroller, demonstrating the feasibility of local AI inference on extremely low-cost hardware. Despite the chip's limited resources—512KB SRAM, 8MB PSRAM, and 16MB Fla

In a landscape marked by rising hardware costs, Egyptian full-stack developer ZedAxis demonstrates an innovative low-cost ad-blocking solution using a $5 ESP32-C3 'SuperMini' board. This device successfully blocks over 537,000 domains with just 10ms latency, leveraging hash algorithms to compress do

A security researcher has transformed Wi-Fi-enabled smart lightbulbs into a 'banned book library,' demonstrating how everyday IoT devices can be repurposed for information freedom and resistance. Using ESP32-powered bulbs with Tasmota firmware, the project creates a stealthy, open Wi-Fi network that