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Espressif just announced a new chip: https://espressif.com/en/media_overview ... le-devices

From what it sounds, it's just ESP8266 with everything needed integrated on a single chip -- no more separate flash. It will have 1M of flash, so Micropython should run on it without modifications, I guess?

Intersting article on it:
http://www.devacron.com/espressif-esp82 ... ow-so-far/

Datasheet:
http://espressif.com/en/content/esp8285-datasheet

Dev board:
https://github.com/kriswiner/ESP8285

Ouch, I didn't look at the dates, I assumed it was "just" because I haven't heard about it before. Sorry!

I too completely missed the news on the new ESP8285 but looking at the articles about it, wouldn't the ESP32 be a better successor?

patvdleer wrote:I too completely missed the news on the new ESP8285 but looking at the articles about it, wouldn't the ESP32 be a better successor?

Depends for what. It's certainly good to have more choices.

This one seems to be targeted at miniaturized things, where the esp8266 modules are too big with their additional flash chip. It has a chance of being as affordable as the esp8266, and will probably run the same software.

The esp32 will be a much more expensive chip, with much more capabilities.

deshipu wrote:The esp32 will be a much more expensive chip

Somehow I'm pretty sure I'll end up buying it anyway regardless of the amount of other controllers I already have laying around

Thanks for the tip on hackaday deshipu! Just saw the article and expected this thread on the forum, exciting stuff :)

I wonder if the fact that it's going to have the spi flash in dual mode means that we will have extra two gpios to use.

It is very small.

I can confirm that NodeMCU runs out-of-the-box on this SoC: http://frightanic.com/iot/nodemcu-esp82 ... ect-match/ This probably means that MicroPython for the ESP8266 will also work just fine on the ESP8285.