Hi everyone,
As the COVID-19 crisis spreads rapidly all around the world our thoughts are with those who keep fighting the global pandemic. Now that the epicenter of infections has moved westward, we want to send a message of hope from China to all our partners, our customers and our international community of supporters. Things will get better!
In China, life is gradually getting back to normal. Further to what Espressif’s CEO and Founder, Teo Swee Ann , said in a recent blog post, we are now happy to confirm that Espressif in China functions normally and at full capacity. But we have more reasons to be excited about. As we mentioned last month, ESP32-S2 is in mass production now . We have been working for this moment for many years, as we wanted to offer a Wi-Fi-enabled MCU targeting connected, low-cost, low-power, interactive sensors with numerous advantageous features.
Additionally, we are particularly moved to witness members of the international maker community using their creativity and technical skills to respond to the COVID-19 crisis . Many of the solutions they suggest are based on our SoCs and this makes us even happier! Hence, we decided to dedicate most of this month’s newsletter to presenting their solutions.
So, the topics you can read about in this month’s newsletter include:
- Espressif’s new ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG development kit and its accompanying SDK, both of which support AVS integration with the AWS IoT Core;
- An ESP8266-based, low-cost, contactless, do-it-yourself, infrared thermometer which can contribute to the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus;
- An ESP8266-based, distance monitor that can help you properly maintain the official guidelines for social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis;
- ESP8266-based gadgets that can track the development of COVID-19 in different countries;
- In Italy, Gabriele Merlonghi, a maker and Espressif supporter, turned to the power of ESP8266, in order to fuel his creativity and uplift his young son’s spirits during the global pandemic.
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
ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG Development Kit and SDK Support AVS Integration with AWS IoT Core#
Espressif announces the availability of ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG and its accompanying SDK, both of which support AVS integration with the AWS IoT Core. Espressif’s new ESP32-Vaquita-DSPG development kit provides a turnkey solution for easily creating Alexa built-in connected devices that provide voice enablement and AWS-IoT cloud connectivity out of the box.
ESP8266-based Contactless Thermometer#
An ESP8266-based, low-cost, contactless, do-it-yourself, infrared thermometer contributes to the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus that has been haunting the world for the past three months. An Indian engineer, Abhijit Mukherjee, has come up with this gadget.
ESP8266-based Wearable Corona Distance Monitor#
Indian engineer Sahil Rastogi and his Delhi-based team, who call themselves Random Stuff We Make!, have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by creating a wearable distance-monitoring gadget that is based on Espressif’s ESP8266.
Pandemic Development Monitors Based on ESP8266#
The rapid development of COVID-19 into a full-blown global pandemic has generated the need for regular updates regarding the status of this crisis. People want to be regularly informed about the number of infections, deaths and recoveries in their countries. The maker community has responded to this need by creating a number of monitors for this purpose. Here are a few based on ESP8266.
ESPminecraft Lamp#
In Italy, Gabriele Merlonghi, a maker and Espressif supporter, turned to the power of ESP8266 in order to fuel his creativity and uplift his young son’s spirits during the global pandemic! Here’s how he did this:
Originally published at https://mailchi.mp.