ESP32C3 0.42 OLED

Overview

ESP32C3 0.42 OLED is a mini development board based on the Espressif ESP32-C3 [1] RISC-V WiFi/Bluetooth dual-mode chip.

For more details see the 01space ESP32C3 0.42 OLED [2] Github repo.

Hardware

This board is based on the ESP32-C3-FH4 with WiFi and BLE support. It features:

  • RISC-V SoC @ 160MHz with 4MB flash and 400kB RAM

  • WS2812B RGB serial LED

  • 0.42-inch OLED over I2C

  • Qwiic I2C connector

  • One pushbutton

  • Onboard ceramic chip antenna

  • On-chip USB-UART converter

Note

The RGB led is not supported on this Zephyr board yet.

Note

The ESP32-C3 does not have native USB, it has an on-chip USB-serial converter instead.

Supported Features

The esp32c3_042_oled board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

esp32c3_042_oled/esp32c3 target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

CPU

on-chip

Espressif RISC-V CPU1

espressif,riscv

ADC

on-chip

ESP32 ADC1

espressif,esp32-adc

Bluetooth

on-chip

Bluetooth HCI for Espressif ESP321

espressif,esp32-bt-hci

CAN

on-chip

ESP32 Two-Wire Automotive Interface (TWAI)1

espressif,esp32-twai

Clock control

on-chip

ESP32 RTC (Power & Clock Controller Module) Module1

espressif,esp32-rtc

Counter

on-chip

ESP32 Counter Driver based on RTC Main Timer1

espressif,esp32-rtc-timer

on-chip

ESP32 general-purpose timers2

espressif,esp32-timer

Display

on-board

SSD1306 128x64 dot-matrix display controller on I2C bus1

solomon,ssd1306fb

DMA

on-chip

ESP32 GDMA (General Direct Memory Access)1

espressif,esp32-gdma

Flash controller

on-chip

ESP32 flash controller1

espressif,esp32-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

ESP32 GPIO controller1

espressif,esp32-gpio

I2C

on-chip

ESP32 I2C1

espressif,esp32-i2c

I2S

on-chip

ESP32 I2S1

espressif,esp32-i2s

Interrupt controller

on-chip

ESP32 Interrupt controller1

espressif,esp32-intc

MTD

on-chip

Flash node1

soc-nv-flash

on-chip

Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1

fixed-partitions

Pin control

on-chip

ESP32 pin controller1

espressif,esp32-pinctrl

PWM

on-chip

ESP32 LED Control (LEDC)1

espressif,esp32-ledc

RNG

on-chip

ESP32 TRNG (True Random Number Generator)1

espressif,esp32-trng

Sensors

on-chip

ESP32 temperature sensor1

espressif,esp32-temp

Serial controller

on-chip

ESP32 UART1 1

espressif,esp32-uart

on-chip

ESP32 UART1

espressif,esp32-usb-serial

SPI

on-chip

ESP32 SPI1

espressif,esp32-spi

Timer

on-chip

ESP32 System Timer1

espressif,esp32-systimer

Watchdog

on-chip

ESP32 XT Watchdog Timer1

espressif,esp32-xt-wdt

on-chip

ESP32 watchdog1 1

espressif,esp32-watchdog

Wi-Fi

on-chip

ESP32 SoC Wi-Fi1

espressif,esp32-wifi

Connections and IOs

See the following image:

01space ESP32C3 0.42 OLED Pinout

01space ESP32C3 0.42 OLED Pinout

It also features a 0.42 inch OLED display, driven by a SSD1306-compatible chip. It is connected over I2C: SDA on GPIO5, SCL on GPIO6.

Prerequisites

Espressif HAL requires WiFi and Bluetooth binary blobs. Run the command below to retrieve those files.

west blobs fetch hal_espressif

Note

It is recommended running the command above after west update.

Programming and Debugging

Standalone application

The board can be loaded using a single binary image, without 2nd stage bootloader. It is the default option when building the application without additional configuration.

Note

This mode does not provide any security features nor OTA updates.

Use the following command to build a sample hello_world application:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b esp32c3_042_oled samples/hello_world

Sysbuild

Sysbuild (System build) makes it possible to build and flash all necessary images needed to bootstrap the board.

By default, the ESP32 sysbuild configuration creates bootloader (MCUboot) and application images.

To build the sample application using sysbuild, use this command:

west build -b esp32c3_042_oled --sysbuild samples/hello_world

Flashing

For the Hello, world! application, follow the instructions below. Assuming the board is connected to /dev/ttyACM0 on Linux.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b esp32c3_042_oled samples/hello_world
west flash --esp-device /dev/ttyACM0

Since the Zephyr console is by default on the usb_serial device, we use the espressif monitor utility to connect to the console.

$ west espressif monitor -p /dev/ttyACM0

After the board has automatically reset and booted, you should see the following message in the monitor:

***** Booting Zephyr OS vx.x.x-xxx-gxxxxxxxxxxxx *****
Hello World! esp32c3_042_oled

References