TinyPICO USB-C is a TINY fully-featured ESP32 development board. Don’t be fooled by its size, TinyPICO USB-C is a super versatile proto-typing and development board for MicroPython, CircuitPython, and C. We have filled every nook on this board, packing a massive 700 mA 3.3 V regulator, on-board battery management, an RGB LED, 4 MB of extra PSRAM and 14 GPIO! TinyPICO is tuned for ultra low current use, dropping as low as 20 uA when in deepsleep.
The TinyPICO USB-C ships in 2 versions. One with an onboard antenna and one with a u.FL connector, so you can connect an external antenna.
Features and Specifications
- 32 Bit Dual Core 240 MHz
- 2.4 GHz WiFi - 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth BLE 4.2
- 4 MB SPI Flash
- 4 MB Extra PSRAM
- APA102 RGB LED
- USB + Serial/UART for programming
- 700 mA 3.3 V LDO Regulator
- LIPO Battery Management
- Optimised power path for low power battery usage
- JST pads on the bottom supports for PH & MicroBlade
- 14x GPIO
- 3D High Gain Antenna or u.FL Connector
- Breadboard friendly
- Board dimensions: 18 mm x 32 mm
- Max Thickness: 4.3 mm at the USB-C end
Comparisons
| TinyPICO USB-C | TinyS3 | TinyC6 | TinyS2 |
| MCU | ESP32-PICO-D4 | ESP32-S3FN8 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-S2FN4R2 |
| Cores | 2x Xtensa LX6 | 2x Xtensa LX7 | HP + LP RISC-V | 1x Xtensa LX7 |
| Speed | Up to 240 MHz | Up to 240 MHz | Up to 160 MHz | Up to 240 MHz |
| ULP | 1x FSM | 1x RISC-V, 1x FSM | RISC-V 20 MHz | 1x RISC-V, 1x FSM |
| SRAM | 520K | 512 K | 512 K | 320 K |
| FLASH | 4 MB | 8 MB | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| PSRAM | 4 MB | 8 MB | - | 2 MB |
| GPIO | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Native USB | - | CDC, OTG & USB Serial JTAG | CDC & Serial JTAG | CDC & OTG |
| USB Conn | USB-C | USB-C | USB-C | USB-C |
| WiFi | 2.4 GHz b/g/n | 2.4 GHz b/g/n | 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 802.11ax | 2.4 GHz b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Classic & BLE 4.2 | BLE 5 & Mesh | BLE 5.3 & Mesh | - |
| Zigbee/Thread | - | - | 802.15.4 | - |
| DAC | 2x 8-bit | - | - | 2x 8-bit |
| ADC | 1x 12-bit SAR, 18 channels | 2x 12-bit SAR, 20 channels | 1x 12-bit SAR, 7 channels | 2x 12-bit SAR, 20 channels |
| UARTs | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| ETH MAC | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| DMA Cont | - | 5x TX, 5x RX | 3x TX, 3x RX | - |
| SDIO | Yes | Yes | SLAVE 2.0 | Yes |
| Release Date | May 2019 | Feb 2022 | Nov 2023 | July 2021 |
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Note: The TinyPICO uFL does not ship with an Antenna. The customer is responsible for choosing and supplying their own 2.4 GHz antenna.
