Most ESP32-P4 boards and development platforms we’ve covered so far include an ESP32-C6 or ESP32-C5 wireless module, and in case you don’t want any WiFi and Bluetooth module, the Olimex ESP32-P4-DevKit is one option that comes with Ethernet instead.
The ALIENTEK DNESP32P4M board, also called ESP32P4M MINI, adds another option with a form factor similar to Espressif Systems Devkit-C boards. The board does not have network connectivity at all, and exposes all I/Os from the ESP32-P4 through headers, MIPI DSI and MIPI CSI connectors, and two USB-C ports.
ALIENTEK DNESP32P4M specifications:
- Microcontroller – ESP32-P4 (ESP32-P4NRW32)
- MCU
- Dual-core RISC-V microcontroller @ 400 MHz with AI instructions extension and single-precision FPU
- Single-RISC-V LP (Low-power) MCU core @ up to 40 MHz
- GPU – 2D Pixel Processing Accelerator (PPA)
- VPU – H.264 and JPEG codecs support
- Memory – 768 KB HP L2MEM, 32 KB LP SRAM, 8 KB TCM, 32MB PSRAM
- Storage – 128 KB HP ROM, 16 KB LP ROM
- MCU
- Storage
- 16MB SPI NOR flash
- MicroSD card slot
- Display interface – 2-lane MIPI DSI connector supporting 5.5-inch and 10.1-inch MIPI screens from “Zhengdian Atom”.
- Camera interface – 2-lane MIPI CSI connector
- USB
- USB UART Type-C port
- USB data/JTAG Type-C port
- Expansion 2x 25-pin headers for up to 48x GPIO
- Misc
- Power and user LEDs
- BOOT and RESET buttons
- Serial port configuration jumpers
- Power Supply – 5V via USB-C port
- Dimensions – 68 x 33 mm (4-layer PCB)
There’s no information about software support, except that we’re told the ESP-IDF framework and the Arduino IDE are supported. It should be possible to select ESP32P4 Dev Module in the Arduino IDE, like I did with the M5Stack Tab5 devkit.
The bottom side of the board shows that the “DNESP32P4M V1.0” board is made by ALIENTEK, but when I go to the English version of the website, the MCU board section is empty. However, the Chinese version has more details about the board itself, the ATK_DNESP32P4M baseboard, and a long list of demo programs for the ESP-IDF, LVGL, Arduino, FreeRTOS, and so on. Sadly, the download (下载 ) section is empty right now. The page “http://www.openedv.com/docs/boards/esp32/ATK-DNESP32P4.html” is supposed to have more information, but the website is not loading at all for me.
The ESP32P4 MINI / DNESP32P4M board can be purchased on AliExpress for $19.24. The ATK_DNESP32P4M baseboard shown below is not for sale on AliExpress.
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