LIST OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
ESP32 for Busy People
ESP32 for Arduino Makers
This page contains lists of parts and tools necessary to complete the ESP32 For Busy People and ESP32 for Arduino Makers courses.
The following lists contain the parts and tools necessary to complete the ESP32 For Busy People (on TechExplorations.com) and ESP32 for Arduino Makers (on Udemy.com) courses.
Many of the items below are reusable between projects. Sensors, breadboards, LED etc. will last for many years if you look after them. Other items like resistors, and potentiometers come in packs that contain sufficient numbers to last for many projects.
The items in these lists are provided in an effort to make it easier for our students to find the parts and tools they need. While we take care to find reliable Amazon sellers, we cannot be responsible for problems in their supply chain or fulfilment. Sellers may run out of stock at any time, or shipments may be lost in transit. For issues like these, or for warranty claims, please contact the seller or Amazon directly.
If you do not live in the US, UK or Germany, or the Amazon stores that we provide links to below do not deliver to your location, consider using a freight forwarding service like Shipito. You can ship your shopping to them, and they will forward to you, anywhere in the world. This is useful in case, for at least some of the items in your shopping list, Amazon will not ship to addresses outside the US.
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To complete this course, you will need the following parts:
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ESP32 Dev Kit V4 |
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Official dev kit v4: Clones (lower cost): |
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RGB LED |
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Single color 5mm LEDs |
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Assorted resistors (but we'll mostly be using 330Ω, and 10κΩ resistors) |
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10κΩ Photoresistors |
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10κΩ potentiometer |
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Breadboard-friendly momentary button |
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One piezo speaker |
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A magnet |
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A BME280 sensor module |
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A DHT22 sensor |
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A DXL335 acceleration sensor module |
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A 16x2 LCD module with I2C backpack |
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A seven segment display, common cathode |
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A seven segment clock display with I2C |
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Four 8x8 LED matrix displays |
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Small hobby DC motor |
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DRV8871 motor controller |
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5V servo motor |
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470 μF capacitor |
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DS3231 real time clock module |
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Please be careful to order the clock module with the DS3231S chip (not the DS3231M)and the SQW pin so that you can get a square wave from it. This is required for one of the mini-projects in the course. Please read this article for more information. You may want to contact your seller before ordering this part to ensure that you are getting the DS3231S variant.
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You will also need these tools:
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Mini breadboard |
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Solid core Jumper wires |
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Multimeter |
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Tweezers |
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To complete this course you will also need these resources:
- Arduino IDE | Download
- Computer (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
- Access to the Internet
About this parts list
This list was out of date the moment I published it. Every link depends on a marketplace and a seller, and those change constantly: listings vanish, stock rotates, sellers close, part numbers get reused. The list is here to help you identify what you need. It is not a guarantee that a given item will be available on any given day.
So use it this way: treat each entry as the name and specification of a part, then search for that same thing on eBay, Amazon, AliExpress, or your local supplier. In most cases you will find several equivalents, sometimes cheaper or closer to home than the one I linked. If you have made a real attempt and still can't find something, ask me and I will help.
Remember what you are building. These are open hardware projects made from off the shelf components, not a sealed product from a single vendor. Sourcing parts in a fluid marketplace is part of the work, and it is a skill worth having.
Last Updated 6 months ago ago.