LIST OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

ESP32 Education Kit

This page contains lists of parts, tools and software for the course ESP32 By Example. This is an all-inclusive course to learn Arduino development with the ESP32.

In this course I demonstrate the various experiments using an ESP32 DevKit clone board and an AdaFruit ESP32 Huzzah board.

If you want to follow along with minimal risk of problems, I recommend that you use the Adafruit Huzzah board. This board is somewhat more expensive but can use a LiPo battery to provide power adapter free connectivity. If price is an issue, I have had success using the cheaper development kit boards such as the first ESP32 version shown in the parts table below.

If you already have an ESP32 board, it may work for most, if not all, of the experiments and projects explored in the course. The main issue will be to identify which GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pins you want to use in place of the ones that work for the two fully supported ESP32 boards. The sketches I cover already have support for choosing which pins make sense to use for either of the two supported boards. You can modify the sketches as needed for the GPIO pins available for your board.

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 sellers, we cannot be responsible for problems in their supply chain or fulfillment. 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 directly.

We have taken time to find the listed components in Amazon US only. In future, links for Amazon Australia, UK and Germany may also be itemized in the table. If these options are not suitable for you because of your locality or other constraints, consider using a freight forwarding service like Shipito. You can ship your shopping to your Shipito address, and Shipito will then forward your shopping to your personal address, 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. To the best of my knowledge, Seeed will ship anywhere in the world directly, so you do not need a forwarding service.

In addition to Amazon, the course instructor has set up a small store front to sell kit-based versions of the EEK course hardware. These kits come with all parts needed and you can choose a less expensive kit with a DevKit ESP32 board (no battery) or one with the AdaFruit Huzzah board with a LiPo battery. In addition, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) EEK boards are available that require no assembly and are ready to use for all course activities.