AutumnWhy I love spending time trying to find the perfect material or device?
Well, while building a prototype board for the new Precious Blocks revision, I was somewhat discouraged by the size it would require to fit the proper charging circuit into the small space. While still preserving the option to transfer data over the exposed USB-C port
.
But whilst I was looking for ESP32S3 chip designs, I came across the Adafruit QT Py, which almost matched my expectation and lead me to the Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 (Plus).
I've previously used the Seeed XIAO RP2040, but stopped using it because it lacked Wi-Fi connectivity, but the ESP32S3 doesn't. Heck, it even has an onboard battery-charging circuit 😍.
The latter is especially important, as Precious Blocks Revision 2 is supposed to be wireless: https://codeberg.org/comcloudway/precious-blocks/pulls/1
(Still WIP, but I'm slowly getting there)
#diy #esprs #preciousblocks #esp32 #toy #projectupdate
Well, while building a prototype board for the new Precious Blocks revision, I was somewhat discouraged by the size it would require to fit the proper charging circuit into the small space. While still preserving the option to transfer data over the exposed USB-C port
.But whilst I was looking for ESP32S3 chip designs, I came across the Adafruit QT Py, which almost matched my expectation and lead me to the Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 (Plus).
I've previously used the Seeed XIAO RP2040, but stopped using it because it lacked Wi-Fi connectivity, but the ESP32S3 doesn't. Heck, it even has an onboard battery-charging circuit 😍.
The latter is especially important, as Precious Blocks Revision 2 is supposed to be wireless: https://codeberg.org/comcloudway/precious-blocks/pulls/1
(Still WIP, but I'm slowly getting there)
#diy #esprs #preciousblocks #esp32 #toy #projectupdate
