ESP32-C3 DevKit
The ESP32-C3 DevKit is an entry-level development board equipped with either an ESP32-C3-WROOM-02 or an ESP32-C3-MINI-1. ESP32-C3-WROOM-02 and ESP32-C3-MINI-1 are SoMs based on the RISC-V ESP32-C3 CPU.
Most of the I/O pins are broken out to the pin headers on both sides for easy interfacing. Developers can either connect peripherals with jumper wires or mount ESP32-C3 DevKit on a breadboard.
![]() ESP32-C3-DevKitC-02 |
![]() ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1 |
Configurations
All of the configurations presented below can be tested by running the following commands:
$ ./tools/configure.sh esp32c3-devkit:<config_name>
$ make flash ESPTOOL_PORT=/dev/ttyUSB0 -j
Where <config_name> is the name of board configuration you want to use, i.e.: nsh, buttons, wifi…
Then use a serial console terminal like picocom
configured to 115200 8N1.
adc
This configuration demonstrates the use of the internal Analog to Digital Converter (ADC).
To check it, you can execute the adc
application:
nsh> adc
adc_main: g_adcstate.count: 0
adc_main: Hardware initialized. Opening the ADC device: /dev/adc0
Sample:
1: channel: 0 value: 870
Sample:
1: channel: 0 value: 870
Sample:
1: channel: 0 value: 865
Sample:
1: channel: 0 value: 859
autopm
This configuration makes the device automatically enter the low power consumption mode when in the idle state, powering off the cpu and other peripherals.
In minimum power save mode, the station wakes up every DTIM to receive a beacon. The broadcast data will not be lost because it is transmitted after DTIM. However, it can not save much more power if DTIM is short as the DTIM is determined by the access point.
ble
This configuration is used to enable the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) of ESP32-C3 chip.
To test it, just run the following commands below.
Confirm that bnep interface exist:
nsh> ifconfig
bnep0 Link encap:UNSPEC at DOWN
inet addr:0.0.0.0 DRaddr:0.0.0.0 Mask:0.0.0.0
Get basic information from it:
nsh> bt bnep0 info
Device: bnep0
BDAddr: 86:f7:03:09:41:4d
Flags: 0000
Free: 20
ACL: 20
SCO: 0
Max:
ACL: 24
SCO: 0
MTU:
ACL: 70
SCO: 70
Policy: 0
Type: 0
Start the scanning process:
nsh> bt bnep0 scan start
Wait a little bit before stopping it.
Then after some minutes stop it:
nsh> bt bnep0 scan stop
Get the list of BLE devices found around you:
nsh> bt bnep0 scan get
Scan result:
1. addr: d7:c4:e6:xx:xx:xx type: 0
rssi: -62
response type: 4
advertiser data: 10 09 4d 69 20 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 20 e
2. addr: cb:23:18:xx:xx:xx type: 0
rssi: -60
response type: 0
advertiser data: 02 01 06 1b ff XX XX XX ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 8
3. addr: cb:23:18:xx:xx:xx type: 0
rssi: -60
response type: 4
advertiser data: 10 09 4d 69 20 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 20 e
4. addr: d7:c4:e6:xx:xx:xx type: 0
rssi: -62
response type: 0
advertiser data: 02 01 06 1b ff XX XX XX ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff e
5. addr: d7:c4:e6:xx:xx:xx type: 0
rssi: -62
response type: 4
advertiser data: 10 09 4d 69 20 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 20 e
nsh>
bmp180
This configuration enables the use of the BMP180 pressure sensor over I2C.
You can check that the sensor is working by using the bmp180
application:
nsh> bmp180
Pressure value = 91531
Pressure value = 91526
Pressure value = 91525
coremark
This configuration sets the CoreMark benchmark up for running on the maximum number of cores for this system. It also enables some optimization flags and disables the NuttShell to get the best possible score.
Note
As the NSH is disabled, the application will start as soon as the system is turned on.
crypto
This configuration enables support for the cryptographic hardware and
the /dev/crypto
device file.
cxx
Development environment ready for C++ applications. You can check if the setup
was successful by running cxxtest
:
nsh> cxxtest
Test ofstream ================================
printf: Starting test_ostream
printf: Successfully opened /dev/console
cout: Successfully opened /dev/console
Writing this to /dev/console
Test iostream ================================
Hello, this is only a test
Print an int: 190
Print a char: d
Test std::vector =============================
v1=1 2 3
Hello World Good Luck
Test std::map ================================
Test C++17 features ==========================
File /proc/meminfo exists!
Invalid file! /invalid
File /proc/version exists!
efuse
This configuration demonstrates the use of the eFuse driver. It can be accessed
through the /dev/efuse
device file.
elf
This configuration uses apps/examples/elf
in order to test the ELF loader.
It can be tested by executing the elf
application.
gpio
This is a test for the GPIO driver. It uses GPIO1 and GPIO2 as outputs and GPIO9 as an interrupt pin.
At the nsh, we can turn the outputs on and off with the following:
nsh> gpio -o 1 /dev/gpio0
nsh> gpio -o 1 /dev/gpio1
nsh> gpio -o 0 /dev/gpio0
nsh> gpio -o 0 /dev/gpio1
We can use the interrupt pin to send a signal when the interrupt fires:
nsh> gpio -w 14 /dev/gpio2
The pin is configured as a rising edge interrupt, so after issuing the above command, connect it to 3.3V.
knsh
This is identical to the nsh configuration except that (1) NuttX is built as PROTECTED mode, monolithic module and the user applications are built separately and, as a consequence, (2) some features that are only available in the FLAT build are disabled.
Protected Mode support for ESP32-C3 relies on the RISC-V Physical Memory Protection (PMP) for implementing isolation between Kernel and Userspace. The Kernel configures the PMP to restrict the application access to selected peripherals and specific regions of on-chip memories (Internal ROM and Internal SRAM) and of the External Flash.
lvgl
This is a demonstration of the LVGL graphics library running on the NuttX LCD driver. You can find LVGL here:
https://www.lvgl.io/
https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl
This configuration uses the LVGL demonstration at apps/examples/lvgldemo.
mcuboot_slot_confirm
This configuration is used to represent an MCUboot update image that needs to be confirmed after flashing. The image can be confirmed by using the following command:
nsh> mcuboot_confirm
Application Image successfully confirmed!
For more information, check this demo.
module
This config is to run apps/examples/module
.
nsh
Basic configuration to run the NuttShell (nsh).
nvcfgdata
This configuration enables the MTD failsafe mode. You can test it
by running the mtdconfig_fs_test
application:
nsh> mtdconfig_fs_test
test_nvs_mount: test begin
test_nvs_mount: success
test_nvs_write: test begin
test_nvs_write: success
test_nvs_corrupt_expire: test begin
test_nvs_corrupt_expire: success
test_nvs_corrupted_write: test begin
test_nvs_corrupted_write: success
test_nvs_gc: test begin
test_nvs_gc: success
test_nvs_gc_3sectors: test begin
test_nvs_gc_3sectors: success
test_nvs_corrupted_sector_close: test begin
test_nvs_corrupted_sector_close: success
test_nvs_full_sector: test begin
test_nvs_full_sector: success
test_nvs_gc_corrupt_close_ate: test begin
test_nvs_gc_corrupt_close_ate: success
test_nvs_gc_corrupt_ate: test begin
test_nvs_gc_corrupt_ate: success
test_nvs_gc_touched_deleted_ate: test begin
test_nvs_gc_touched_deleted_ate: success
test_nvs_gc_touched_expired_ate: test begin
test_nvs_gc_touched_expired_ate: success
test_nvs_gc_not_touched_expired_ate: test begin
test_nvs_gc_not_touched_expired_ate: success
Final memory usage:
VARIABLE BEFORE AFTER DELTA
======== ======== ======== ========
arena 5bf30 5bf30 0
ordblks 1 1 0
mxordblk 59100 59100 0
uordblks 2e30 2e30 0
fordblks 59100 59100 0
oneshot
This config demonstrate the use of oneshot timers present on the ESP32.
To test it, just run the oneshot
example:
nsh> oneshot
Opening /dev/oneshot
Maximum delay is 4294967295999999
Starting oneshot timer with delay 2000000 microseconds
Waiting...
Finished
ostest
This is the NuttX test at apps/testing/ostest
that is run against all new
architecture ports to assure a correct implementation of the OS.
pm
This configuration enables the CPU power management through governors.
pwm
This configuration demonstrates the use of PWM through a LED connected to GPIO2.
To test it, just execute the pwm
application:
nsh> pwm
pwm_main: starting output with frequency: 10000 duty: 00008000
pwm_main: stopping output
random
This configuration shows the use of the ESP32-C3’s True Random Number Generator with
entropy sourced from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth noise.
To test it, just run rand
to get 32 randomly generated bytes:
nsh> rand
Reading 8 random numbers
Random values (0x3ffe0b00):
0000 98 b9 66 a2 a2 c0 a2 ae 09 70 93 d1 b5 91 86 c8 ..f......p......
0010 8f 0e 0b 04 29 64 21 72 01 92 7c a2 27 60 6f 90 ....)d!r..|.'`o.
romfs
This configuration enables the ROMFS file system. You can test it by
running the romfs
example:
nsh> romfs
Mounting ROMFS filesystem at target=/usr/local/share with source=/dev/ram1
Traversing directory: /usr/local/share
DIRECTORY: /usr/local/share/adir/
Traversing directory: /usr/local/share/adir
FILE: /usr/local/share/adir/anotherfile.txt/
DIRECTORY: /usr/local/share/adir/subdir/
Traversing directory: /usr/local/share/adir/subdir
FILE: /usr/local/share/adir/subdir/subdirfile.txt/
Continuing directory: /usr/local/share/adir
FILE: /usr/local/share/adir/yafile.txt/
Continuing directory: /usr/local/share
FILE: /usr/local/share/afile.txt/
FILE: /usr/local/share/hfile/
PASSED
rtc
This configuration demonstrates the use of the RTC driver through alarms. You can set an alarm, check its progress and receive a notification after it expires:
nsh> alarm 10
alarm_daemon started
alarm_daemon: Running
Opening /dev/rtc0
Alarm 0 set in 10 seconds
nsh> alarm -r
Opening /dev/rtc0
Alarm 0 is active with 10 seconds to expiration
nsh> alarm_daemon: alarm 0 received
sotest
This config is to run apps/examples/sotest.
spiflash
This config tests the external SPI that comes with the ESP32-C3 module connected through SPI1.
By default a SmartFS file system is selected. Once booted you can use the following commands to mount the file system:
nsh> mksmartfs /dev/smart0
nsh> mount -t smartfs /dev/smart0 /mnt
Note that mksmartfs is only needed the first time.
sta_softap
With this configuration you can run these commands to be able to connect your smartphone or laptop to your board:
nsh> ifup wlan1
nsh> dhcpd_start wlan1
nsh> wapi psk wlan1 mypasswd 3
nsh> wapi essid wlan1 nuttxap 1
In this case, you are creating the access point nuttxapp
in your board and to
connect to it on your smartphone you will be required to type the password mypasswd
using WPA2.
The dhcpd_start
is necessary to let your board to associate an IP to your smartphone.
tickless
This configuration enables the support for tickless scheduler mode.
timer
This config test the general use purpose timers. It includes the 4 timers, adds driver support, registers the timers as devices and includes the timer example.
To test it, just run the following:
nsh> timer -d /dev/timerx
Where x in the timer instance.
twai
This configuration enables the support for the TWAI (Two-Wire Automotive Interface) driver.
You can test it by running the can
example:
nsh> can
nmsgs: 0
min ID: 1 max ID: 2047
Bit timing:
Baud: 1000000
TSEG1: 15
TSEG2: 4
SJW: 3
ID: 1 DLC: 1
uid
Enables support for the BOARDIOC_UNIQUEID boardctl() command.
usbconsole
This configuration tests the built-in USB-to-serial converter found in ESP32-C3 (revision 3).
esptool
can be used to check the version of the chip and if this feature is
supported. Running esptool.py -p <port> chip_id
should have Chip is
ESP32-C3 (revision 3)
in its output.
When connecting the board a new device should appear, a /dev/ttyACMX
on Linux
or a /dev/cu.usbmodemXXX
om macOS.
This can be used to flash and monitor the device with the usual commands:
make download ESPTOOL_PORT=/dev/ttyACM0
minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0
watchdog
This configuration tests the watchdog timers. It includes the 2 MWDTS, adds driver support, registers the WDTs as devices and includes the watchdog example application.
To test it, just run the following command:
nsh> wdog -i /dev/watchdogX
Where X is the watchdog instance.
watcher
This configuration tests the watchdog timers in the capture mode. It includes the 2 MWDTS, adds driver support, registers the WDTs as devices and includes the watcher and watched example applications.
To test it, just run the following command:
nsh> watcher
nsh> watched
wifi
Enables Wi-Fi support. You can define your credentials this way:
$ make menuconfig
-> Application Configuration
-> Network Utilities
-> Network initialization (NETUTILS_NETINIT [=y])
-> WAPI Configuration
Or if you don’t want to keep it saved in the firmware you can do it at runtime:
nsh> wapi psk wlan0 mypasswd 3
nsh> wapi essid wlan0 myssid 1
nsh> renew wlan0
ROMFS.txt
README
======
Overview
--------
This directory contains logic to support a custom ROMFS system-init script
and start-up script. These scripts are used by by the NSH when it starts
provided that CONFIG_NSH_ARCHROMFS=y. These scripts provide a ROMFS volume
that will be mounted at /etc and will look like this at run-time:
NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-10.1.0-RC1
MOTD: username=admin password=Administrator
nsh> ls -Rl /etc
/etc:
dr-xr-xr-x 0 .
-r--r--r-- 20 group
dr-xr-xr-x 0 init.d/
-r--r--r-- 35 passwd
/etc/init.d:
dr-xr-xr-x 0 ..
-r--r--r-- 110 rcS
-r--r--r-- 110 rc.sysinit
nsh>
/etc/init.d/rc.sysinit is system init script; /etc/init.d/rcS is the start-up
script; /etc/passwd is a the password file. It supports a single user:
USERNAME: admin
PASSWORD: Administrator
nsh> cat /etc/passwd
admin:8Tv+Hbmr3pLVb5HHZgd26D:0:0:/
The encrypted passwords in the provided passwd file are only valid if the
TEA key is set to: 012345678 9abcdef0 012345678 9abcdef0. Changes to either
the key or the password word will require regeneration of the nsh_romfimg.h
header file.
The format of the password file is:
user:x:uid:gid:home
Where:
user: User name
x: Encrypted password
uid: User ID (0 for now)
gid: Group ID (0 for now)
home: Login directory (/ for now)
/etc/group is a group file. It is not currently used.
nsh> cat /etc/group
root:*:0:root,admin
The format of the group file is:
group:x:gid:users
Where:
group: The group name
x: Group password
gid: Group ID
users: A comma separated list of members of the group
Updating the ROMFS File System
------------------------------
The content on the nsh_romfsimg.h header file is generated from a sample
directory structure. You can directly modify files under etc/ folder,
The build system will regenerate nsh_romfsimg.h automatically.
See the esp32c3-devkit/nsh configuration for an example of the use of this file
system.
Replacing the Password File
---------------------------
The esp32c3-devkit/nsh configuration can also be used to create a new password file.
First, make these configuration changes:
1. Disable logins
- CONFIG_NSH_CONSOLE_LOGIN=y
+ # CONFIG_NSH_CONSOLE_LOGIN is not set
# CONFIG_NSH_TELNET_LOGIN is not set
2. Move the password file to a write-able file system:
- CONFIG_FSUTILS_PASSWD_PATH="/etc/passwd"
+ CONFIG_FSUTILS_PASSWD_PATH="/tmp/passwd"
3. make the password file modifiable
- CONFIG_FSUTILS_PASSWD_READONLY=y
# CONFIG_FSUTILS_PASSWD_READONLY is not set
Now rebuild the simulation. No login should be required to enter the
shell and you should find the 'useradd', 'userdel', and 'passwd' commands
available in the help summary, provided that they are enabled. Make
certain that the 'useradd' command is not disabled:
# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_USERADD is not set
Use the NSH 'useradd' command to add new uses with new user passwords like:
nsh> useradd <username> <password>
Do this as many times as you would like. Each time that you do this a new
entry with an encrypted password will be added to the passwd file at
/tmp/passwd. You can see the passwd file like:
nsh> cat /tmp/passwd
When you are finished, you can simply copy the /tmp/passwd content from the
'cat' command and paste it into an editor. Make sure to remove any
carriage returns that may have ended up on the file if you are using
Windows.
Then recreate the nsh_romfsimg.h file as described above. In step 2,
simply replace the old /etc/passwd file with the one in your editor.
When you are finished, the new passwd file will be in the ROMFS file
system at the path /etc/passwd. When you restore the original NSH
sim configuration, these are the passwords that will be used.