Hi everyone,
Espressif is known for its keen sense of corporate social responsibility. We have long supported low-power, green technologies, while we have also based our entire business model on the idea of democratizing technology with open-source software .
At present, we are deeply concerned about climate change, which has been the result of human actions in recent decades. Hoping to create more public awareness of this crisis, we are launching a wildlife protection program which draws on the environmental insight brought about by The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This is considered the most authoritative guide for evaluating biodiversity and the extinction risk of thousands of species.
From now on, some of Espressif’s new development boards will be named after endangered animals. Some revenue from these development boards will be donated to the IUCN. We hope that our contribution will help the IUCN people to protect a greater number of threatened species. So far we have launched:
- ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG, an Alexa built-in solution named after Vaquita, the world’s rarest marine mammal on the verge of extinction.
- ESP32-S2-Saola-1, a general-purpose development board named after Saola, the so-called Asian unicorn, which is a critically endangered mammal.
- ESP32-S2-Kaluga-1, a new multimedia development board, named after Kaluga, which is a critically endangered sturgeon inhabiting the Amur River in the Russian Far East.
Other topics you can read about in this month’s newsletter include:
- ESP RainMaker, Espressif’s end-to-end platform which enables makers realize their IoT ideas faster, with Espressif’s ESP32-S2 SoC, and without the hassle of managing the infrastructure involved.
- ESP32-Korvo, Espressif’s new AI development board, which features a multi-microphone array that enables it to achieve high performance, spoken-command recognition and far-field voice wake-up.
- The release of Espressif’s ESP8266 NonOS SDK, v3.0.3, which contains the latest bug fixes and updates.
- M5Stack ATOM, the smallest ESP32-based development board on the market, which is mainly designed for portable embedded systems and IoT development projects.
Hope you enjoy reading this month’s newsletter. Keep sending us your messages and requests on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. We try to respond to all of your messages as quickly as possible!
Best wishes,John Lee.Senior Customer Support Officer
ESP RainMaker Released#
Last week, Espressif announced the release of ESP RainMaker, which has been designed to empower firmware developers with more freedom, creativity and potential than ever before. You can now build connected devices really quickly. With ESP32-S2 and our ESP-IDF open-source SDK you can avoid all the hassle of managing the infrastructure involved in building connected devices.
ESP32-Korvo Launched#
ESP32-Korvo is an artificial-intelligence development board based on ESP32 and ESP-Skainet, Espressif’s speech recognition SDK. ESP32-Korvo features two boards connected with an FPC cable, as well as a multi-microphone array which is suitable for far-field speech recognition applications with a low-power consumption.
ESP8266 NonOS SDK V3.0.3 Released#
Espressif continuously optimizes and updates its SDKs to meet its customers’ needs. That’s why Espressif has just released ESP8266 NonOS SDK v3.0.3 . Customers using the ESP8266 NonOS SDK are advised to update their systems to the latest version, v3.0.3.
M5Stack ATOM: An ESP32-based Portable Development Toolkit#
The ESP32-based M5Stack ATOM is the smallest development board on the market, measuring only 24×24mm. Designed for portable embedded systems and IoT development projects, M5Stack ATOM is truly cost-effective not just because of its small size, but also because it has no integrated battery.