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message time: 2026-07-12 03:04:53

Morning Claude! Translate?

https://www.nologo.tech/product/esp32/esp32s3/esp32s3supermini/esp32S3SuperMini.html


claude response

Good find — this is straight from the manufacturer (WMnologo/nologo.tech), the actual source for this clone board family. Here's the translated summary of the key technical content:

Overview

The ESP32S3SuperMini is a compact IoT dev board built on Espressif's ESP32-S3 WiFi/Bluetooth dual-mode chip, supporting 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 5 (LE).

Specs (translated)

Spec Value
CPU ESP32-S3
Clock up to 160 MHz (note: page says "160MHz" and calls it "RISC-V single-core" — both conflict with Espressif's official spec, which is a dual-core Xtensa LX7 @ 240MHz max. Likely a manufacturer copy-paste error on this page — worth trusting the Espressif datasheet over this one for CPU architecture)
WiFi 802.11b/g/n, 2.4GHz — Station, SoftAP, SoftAP+Station, promiscuous modes
Bluetooth BT 5.0 (LE)
Deep sleep current ~43µA
Memory 400KB SRAM, 384KB ROM, onboard 4MB flash
Chip part number ESP32S3FH4R2 — this decodes to 4MB flash + 2MB PSRAM integrated
Board size 22.52 × 18mm (confirms the Amazon listing figure over espboards.dev's 23.5mm — good, resolves that discrepancy from earlier)
Security AES-128/256, SHA hash, RSA, HMAC, digital signature, secure boot hardware acceleration
Interfaces 1× I²C, 1× SPI, 2× UART, 11× GPIO (PWM-capable), 4× ADC
Onboard LED RGB + blue LED, shares GPIO48

External power

Solder external supply + to the B+ pad on the back, to B−. Supports 3.3–6V input, and can charge a connected battery through USB. (Manufacturer's caution: don't reverse polarity when soldering — will damage battery and board.)

WiFi antenna

An external antenna can be wired in per their diagram if you want better range than the onboard trace antenna.

Getting started (Arduino IDE)

Standard ESP32 board-manager setup — add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json as an additional boards URL, install the ESP32 package, then select "ESP32S3 Dev Module" as the board.

Troubleshooting (translated Q&A)

  • COM port not showing up: enter download mode — hold BOOT while powering on, or hold BOOT, tap RESET, release RESET, then release BOOT.
  • Upload succeeds but code doesn't run: press RESET after upload.
  • Shows "JTAG/serial debug unit" instead of a COM port: known issue, forum thread linked on their site.
  • Serial prints not showing: set "USB CDC On Boot" to Enabled in Tools menu.

This is useful confirmation for your wiring guide — the 22.52×18mm size and the I²C/SPI/UART interface count line up with what you've already got from the photo. The chip part number (ESP32S3FH4R2 → 4MB flash/2MB PSRAM) is a nice bonus fact if you ever need it for memory-constrained firmware decisions on HSM IV.


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message time: 2026-07-12 03:09:31

Thank you Claude.


claude response

73, William — glad the Chinese page came through even though the English one was a dead end. Good hunting on the HSM IV wiring. Have a good one.


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message time: 2026-07-12 03:28:09

Images to include in share:

ESP32S3 Supermini Images


claude response

This is exactly what we needed — official manufacturer diagrams beat my earlier reverse-engineered reading of your phone photo. A few things this corrects:

What changed: My OCR guesses on the blurry photo had some digits wrong (I misread "11"/"12" as "1"/"2" in one spot, and mixed up which edge was which). Your handwritten note was actually already a perfect transcription of the real pinout — I just hadn't cross-checked it against authoritative source diagrams yet. This clears that up completely.

Confirmed official pinout (from the manufacturer's own diagrams — Images 1 & 3 agree exactly):

Edge Pin 1→9 (left to right)
Top edge (near USB-C) 5V, GND, 3V3, GP13, GP12, GP11, GP10, GP9, GP8
Bottom edge (near BOOT/RESET buttons) TX (U0TXD), RX (U0RXD), GP1, GP2, GP3, GP4, GP5, GP6, GP7

Plus GP48 broken out separately (not part of either 9-pin row) — dedicated to the onboard WS2812 RGB LED, confirmed by the schematic (Image 2) and pin diagram (Image 1) both.

Chip confirmed as ESP32-S3FH4R2 in the schematic title block — matches the nologo.tech spec page exactly.

Your I²C plan stays solid, just now correctly positioned: GP1 (SDA) and GP2 (SCL) are the 3rd and 4th pads on the bottom edge, both general-purpose with no onboard peripheral sharing — good choice, no changes needed there.

This is now a clean, manufacturer-verified reference for your wiring guide — no more guesswork off a phone photo. Bonus finds from the diagrams for future reference:

  • Battery charging: BAT+/BAT− pads on the back, plus a "BOOST" jumper that bumps charge current from 100mA to 300mA (only for batteries >500mAh, per their warning — don't jumper it with a small cell).
  • Antenna shielding: Image 4 labels the pink rectangle as the antenna's 线芯 (core conductor) and 屏蔽层 (shield layer) — relevant if you ever relocate this board near metal enclosures for the outside sensor node.

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message time: 2026-07-12 03:34:01

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