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Kits & Crowdfunding
OpenMote, an ESP32-S3 universal remote that fits a Wiimote shell, passes $200,000 on Crowd Supply
Hat & Hammer's OpenMote, a programmable ESP32-S3 remote in a Wii Remote-style shell, had raised $202,165 from 1,502 backers on Crowd Supply as of Oct 20, 2026, at $99 assembled or $59 PCB-only, with an estimated ship date of Feb 28, 2027.
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Firmware & Software
TinyGo 0.43.0 adds ESP32-H2 support, I2S on ESP32 and nRF52, and precise GC on all platforms
TinyGo 0.43.0, released October 9, 2026, adds the ESP32-H2 and four new boards, I2S on nRF52xxx and ESP32xx, LEDC PWM on ESP32xx, nRF52840 USB mass storage, precise GC layouts on all platforms and a -trimpath flag for reproducible builds.
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Boards & SBCs
Waveshare ESP32-C5-Touch-LCD-3.5 pairs a dual-band ESP32-C5 with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, from US$31.99
Waveshare's ESP32-C5-Touch-LCD-3.5 puts an ESP32-C5-WROOM-1U module, a 320x480 IPS touchscreen, an IMU, an RTC, audio and an optional battery and BF3901 camera on one board, listed at US$31.99 to US$35.99 but out of stock as of October 20, 2026.
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Boards & SBCs
M5Stack ToughC5 puts a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 ESP32-C5 and a 2-inch touchscreen in a $49.90 outdoor controller
M5Stack's ToughC5 IoT Dev Kit (K162) is in stock at $49.90 USD: an ESP32-C5HR8 controller with 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5, Zigbee/Thread, a 2.0-inch 853-nit touchscreen, RS485 with 6-24V input and M12 cable glands, in a housing without an IP rating.
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Industry
Meta open-sources Muse Gadget SDK for ESP32 and Linux; Espressif is adding Matter controller support
Meta has released the mostly Apache 2.0 Muse Gadget SDK, which connects ESP32 and Linux devices to its Muse AI agent. Espressif says it is adding Matter controller support, but every gadget needs a Meta-issued SDK token, and 5,000 free ESP32-C5 Home Link adapters are going to US subscribers.
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Boards & SBCs
Espressif formally launches ESP-Mosaico, a modular ESP32-S31 dev board built for AI coding agents
Espressif's October 20, 2026 release formally launches ESP-Mosaico, a modular ESP32-S31 board with snap-on modules. Its on-device ESP-Claw agent builds apps from plain-language requests, and external coding agents can flash and debug it. Espressif lists it at store.mosaico.ai but publishes no price.
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Projects
LR2021-SDR: an open-source project turns Semtech's LoRa transceiver into a 100 MHz to 2.74 GHz I/Q radio
SAMS0N1TE's experimental GPL-3.0 LR2021-SDR library reads raw 16-bit I/Q from Semtech's LR2021 over SPI. On one ESP32-P4 board, the author reports receive from 100 MHz to 2.74 GHz and clean captures at up to 250,000 samples/s.
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Boards & SBCs
M5Stack PaperDIY kits pair an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch e-paper panel, from $25
M5Stack's PaperDIY e-paper kits pair an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R8 with a 4.7-inch 16-level grayscale panel. The self-assembled K159 is $25.00 and in stock on M5Stack's store; the factory-cased K159-B is $29.90 and out of stock. CNX describes it as dropping the original M5Paper's touchscreen and sensors.
