@mart_e Yes, I have one. For me, the main benefit is that I could follow the Ferrous Systems Training¹ precisely.
Compared to other microcontroller manufacturers, Espressif has really good Rust support, even std lib works. I don't think I had that on STM32.
Compared to other officially available ESP boards, this one has built-in charge controller and a fair set of sensors. I don't need only the IMU. There are some 3rd party boards² which have the charge controller, but I'm not sure how good they are.
Also the ESP C-series has RISC-V microprocessor architecture, so I guess if I'm gonna go lower to the processor instructions, it would be easier and more enjoyable with this board.
So, all in all I'm quite happy with the purchase, I think it's a great starting board even without considering my Rust affection :)
@mart_e Yes, I have one. For me, the main benefit is that I could follow the Ferrous Systems Training¹ precisely.
Compared to other microcontroller manufacturers, Espressif has really good Rust support, even std lib works. I don't think I had that on STM32.
Compared to other officially available ESP boards, this one has built-in charge controller and a fair set of sensors. I don't need only the IMU. There are some 3rd party boards² which have the charge controller, but I'm not sure how good they are.
@bemyak I haven't tried (yet) to follow the tutorial but it's good to know in case I fail to adapt it for my board (at least the GPIO are going to be different I guess)
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@mart_e Yes, I have one. For me, the main benefit is that I could follow the Ferrous Systems Training¹ precisely.
Compared to other microcontroller manufacturers, Espressif has really good Rust support, even std lib works. I don't think I had that on STM32.
Compared to other officially available ESP boards, this one has built-in charge controller and a fair set of sensors. I don't need only the IMU. There are some 3rd party boards² which have the charge controller, but I'm not sure how good they are.
Also the ESP C-series has RISC-V microprocessor architecture, so I guess if I'm gonna go lower to the processor instructions, it would be easier and more enjoyable with this board.
So, all in all I'm quite happy with the purchase, I think it's a great starting board even without considering my Rust affection :)
[1] https://esp-rs.github.io/std-training/
[2] https://www.dfrobot.com/product-2195.html
@mart_e Yes, I have one. For me, the main benefit is that I could follow the Ferrous Systems Training¹ precisely.
Compared to other microcontroller manufacturers, Espressif has really good Rust support, even std lib works. I don't think I had that on STM32.
Compared to other officially available ESP boards, this one has built-in charge controller and a fair set of sensors. I don't need only the IMU. There are some 3rd party boards² which have the charge controller, but I'm not sure how good they are.