arduino-esp32 VS esp-idf

Compare arduino-esp32 vs esp-idf and see what are their differences.

esp-idf

Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs. (by espressif)
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arduino-esp32 esp-idf
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about 9 hours ago 6 days ago
C++ C
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only Apache License 2.0
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arduino-esp32

Posts with mentions or reviews of arduino-esp32. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
  • Any good/worthwhile Camera sensor modules for arduino/pico for still photography?
    1 project | /r/diyelectronics | 11 Dec 2023
    You could just buy ready-made ESP32 boards with an OV2640 camera built-in, then customize the example sketch from https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/tree/master/libraries/ESP32/examples/Camera/CameraWebServer to your liking.
  • I am trying to write to an SD card, it "works" but I can only find the file on PC if I use data recovery software?
    1 project | /r/esp32 | 9 Dec 2023
  • ESP32 memory corruption
    2 projects | /r/esp32 | 7 Dec 2023
    Are you perhaps this poster? https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/5250 - asking that poster for the list I just asked for went nowhere and it was auto-closed.
  • ESP32 WiFiMulti: Connect to the Strongest Wi-Fi Network (from a listing of networks).
    2 projects | /r/u_KeatonParker | 1 Oct 2023
    /* * Based on the following examples: * WiFi > WiFiMulti: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/libraries/WiFi/examples/WiFiMulti/WiFiMulti.ino * WiFi > WiFiScan: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/libraries/WiFi/examples/WiFiScan/WiFiScan.ino * Complete project details at our blog: https://RandomNerdTutorials.com/ * */ #include #include WiFiMulti wifiMulti; // WiFi connect timeout per AP. Increase when connecting takes longer. const uint32_t connectTimeoutMs = 10000; void setup(){ Serial.begin(115200); delay(10); WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); // Add list of wifi networks wifiMulti.addAP("ssid_from_AP_1", "your_password_for_AP_1"); wifiMulti.addAP("ssid_from_AP_2", "your_password_for_AP_2"); wifiMulti.addAP("ssid_from_AP_3", "your_password_for_AP_3"); // WiFi.scanNetworks will return the number of networks found int n = WiFi.scanNetworks(); Serial.println("scan done"); if (n == 0) { Serial.println("no networks found"); } else { Serial.print(n); Serial.println(" networks found"); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { // Print SSID and RSSI for each network found Serial.print(i + 1); Serial.print(": "); Serial.print(WiFi.SSID(i)); Serial.print(" ("); Serial.print(WiFi.RSSI(i)); Serial.print(")"); Serial.println((WiFi.encryptionType(i) == WIFI_AUTH_OPEN)?" ":"*"); delay(10); } } // Connect to Wi-Fi using wifiMulti (connects to the SSID with strongest connection) Serial.println("Connecting Wifi..."); if(wifiMulti.run() == WL_CONNECTED) { Serial.println(""); Serial.println("WiFi connected"); Serial.println("IP address: "); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); } } void loop(){ //if the connection to the stongest hotstop is lost, it will connect to the next network on the list if (wifiMulti.run(connectTimeoutMs) == WL_CONNECTED) { Serial.print("WiFi connected: "); Serial.print(WiFi.SSID()); Serial.print(" "); Serial.println(WiFi.RSSI()); } else { Serial.println("WiFi not connected!"); } delay(1000); }
  • problems connecting esp32 to sd card
    1 project | /r/esp32 | 29 Sep 2023
  • ESP32 S2 Help
    1 project | /r/arduino | 1 Aug 2023
    I have 2 ESP32-S2-Saolo-1 's on hand. I am trying to do the example Wifi FTM code that can be found at the following repo: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/tree/master/libraries/WiFi/examples/FTM
  • The Nano ESP32
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jul 2023
    That has not been my experience at all as a user. ESPHome is even easier than Arduino and I haven’t touched firmware code in years.

    The price makes a huge difference when you have dozens of them operating which is trivial with a decent hydroponics and smarthome setup. I also have a dozen boards just sitting idle ready to be called up to replace a failed one or use for a new project because they’re so cheap.

    Not to mention the Arduino core is supported officially by ESP32: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32

    Who actually uses Arduino in production? Everyone just uses modules (for ESP32) or rolls their own using the Arduino board as a reference.

  • Arduino Uno R4 WiFi
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jun 2023
    They've done a good job of hiding the RTOS from you and making most sketches run fine without porting, but you're still running as a task under the RTOS, yielding between loop() calls[1]. This leads to mysterious timing issues if you aren't aware of it[2]

    It doesn't appear that the Arduino core for the Renesas chip is using the RTOS, at least by default -- its main loop is literally doing while (1) { loop(); }, similar to how the AVR core works. [3, 4]

      1. https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/72c41d09538663ebef80d29eb986cd5bc3395c2d/cores/esp32/main.cpp#L45
  • exit status 1 error not going away! Pls help
    2 projects | /r/arduino | 21 Jun 2023
    https://github.com/lewisxhe/esp32-camera-series/issues/11 may interest you - you need all the files in the same dir, not just the .ino by itself
  • Do you have any idea why this program would not work? [ESP32]
    2 projects | /r/arduino | 19 Jun 2023
    I copied all the libraries from here: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/tree/master/libraries

esp-idf

Posts with mentions or reviews of esp-idf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing arduino-esp32 and esp-idf you can also consider the following projects:

Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

MicroPython - MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems

platform-espressif32 - Espressif 32: development platform for PlatformIO

WiFiManager - ESP8266 WiFi Connection manager with web captive portal

WLED - Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!

esp32-wifi-penetration-tool - Exploring possibilities of ESP32 platform to attack on nearby Wi-Fi networks.

Unity Test API - Simple Unit Testing for C

TinyGo-On-ESP32 - This tutorial will walk you through how to setup Ubuntu 20.10 with Ubuntu Desktop on a Raspberry Pi 4B, install the Espressif ESP-IDF, install Go and TinyGo and finally flash an app to an Espressif ESP32 Microcontroller.

esptool-js - Javascript implementation of flasher tool for Espressif chips, running in web browser using WebSerial.

ESP32-PCNT-Arduino-Example - Example of using the ESP32's hardware pulse counter to find the RPM of a PC fan from it's tachometer output.