ESP32 S3 Development Board ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1-N8R8 Cores Microcontroller Processor with Wi-Fi and BLE Functions ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 ESP32-S3 WiFi + Bluetooth MCU Module, Dual Type-C Hat

For the price, I'm happy with this board. Solid specs.Let's keep it real though, this thing is cheap, like, might require a repair or two out of the box (see below), but that's the point. I wanted a cheap board to jump into a project with that could handle the stuff I want to run. For $8.99 I can handle a couple quirks.I had to bridge a solder pad for the RGB to work. It had solder, but there was a small gap. After checking continuity with a multi-meter and confirming the connections, it was a quick fix.Also, for anyone not able to flash the board after a while, do the following:1. Unplug the board2. Hold down the boot button3. Plug it into your computer while holding down the boot button4. Release the boot button5. FlashTo actually run the code, unplug the board and plug it back in. The board looks for some kind of enable signal to enter flashing mode, there's a way to do it besides the boot button, but I'm not sure how off the top of my head.

This S3 is an upgrade from ESP32. It was a bit of a learning curve, but worked well when specifics were sorted. A great feature is that unlike ESP32 boards, the Reset button need not be held down when uploading sketch from IDE. Nice. Having a dedicated USB port is nice - but IDE still says it needs a USB MCU architecture and won’t support a USB library. Not sure if this is board-related or compiler related. Unfortunately after a week the USB ports no longer function and the device cannot be reprogrammed, though it still runs the installed code.