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JRC Board: ESP32-Based Dev Board by Bangladeshi Tech Company

Reporting from Shanghai, China
May 17, 2023

The JRC Board is one of the latest ESP32-based dev boards for IoT development and education.

A Bangladeshi start-up has just released the JRC Board, which is based on Espressif’s powerful ESP32-WROOM-32 module. Compatible with the popular, open-source, Arduino IDE, and accompanied by an instruction manual, the JRC Board derives its name from the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi engineer, researcher and an education advocate, Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury (JRC), who played a vital role in the development Information Technology in Bangladesh.

The development board consists of 20 I/O pins, sixteen of which are capable of giving PWM output, while twelve of them are capable of taking analog input. A USB C type port has been added to the board, which can be used for uploading code to the board, as well as for power supply. The board has a 16-pin onboard IC slot for connecting the L293D motor driver or any 16-pin IC.

Specs

Processors:

    • CPU: Xtensa Dual-Core 32-bit LX6 Microprocessor operating at 240 MHz and performing at up to 600 DMIPS.
    • Ultra-Low Power (ULP) Co-Processor.

Memory:

    • 520KB of RAM (expendable to 8MB externally)
    • 1024 locations for EEPROM
    • 4MB of flash memory (expandable to 16 MB externally)

Wireless connectivity:

    • Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n
    • v4.2 BR/EDR and Bluetooth LE

Peripheral Interfaces:

    • 12-bit SAR ADC up to 18 channels
    • 2 × 8-bit DACs (GPIO 25 and 26)
    • 18 × PWM pins (Controlled by up to 16 channels)
    • 7 × Touch Sensors (Capacitive Sensing GPIOs)
    • 1 × SPI
    • 1 × I2S Interfaces
    • 1 × I2C Interfaces
    • 2 × UART

All digital pins are compatible with an external interrupt

Designed to be part of the basic school education in Bangladesh, the JRC Board can be a powerful took for teaching programming to schoolchildren, as well as learn facilitating the teaching of such basic subjects as maths, grammar, geography, etc. You can find all the details about the JRC Board on the relevant website.

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