In March 2019, photos of the new Espressif’s chip „7 2-2-A” leaked. Since then, speculation has come up. It includes BLE5, USB, 5 GHz Wi-Fi and so on. Speculation ended last month when Espressif announced the new ESP32-S2. There is still some confusion about the ESP32-S2, but the specification has become clearer.

With state-of-the-art power management and RF performance, IO capabilities and security features, ESP32-S2 is an ideal choice for a wide variety of IoT or connectivity-based applications, including smart home and wearables.

Source: https://www.espressif.com/en/news/espressif-announces-%E2%80%A8esp32-s2-secure-wi-fi-mcu

CPU and Memory

• Xtensa® single-core 32-bit LX7 microcontroller
• 7-stage pipeline
• Clock frequency of up to 240 MHz
• Ultra-low-power co-processor
• 320 kB SRAM, 128 kB ROM, 16 KB RTC memory
• Up to 1GB of external flash and SRAM support
• Separate instruction and data cache

Connectivity

• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• 1×1 transmit and receive
• HT40 support with data rate up to 150 Mbps
• Support for TCP/IP networking, ESP-MESH networking, TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 and other networking protocols over Wi-Fi
• Support Time-of-Flight (TOF) measurements with normal Wi-Fi packets

IO Peripherals

• 43 programmable GPIOs
• 14 capacitive touch sensing IOs
• Standard peripherals including SPI, I2C, I2S, UART, ADC/DAC and PWM
• LCD (8-bit parallel RGB/8080/6800) interface and also support for 16/24-bit parallel
• Camera interface supports 8 or 16-bit DVP image sensor, with clock frequency of up to 40 MHz
• Full speed USB OTG support

Security

• RSA-3072-based trusted application boot
• AES256-XTS-based flash encryption to protect sensitive data at rest
• 4096-bit eFUSE memory with 2048 bits available for application
• Digital signature peripheral for secure storage of private keys and generation of RSA signatures

Optimal Power Consumption

ESP32-S2 supports fine-resolution power-control through a selection of clock frequency, duty cycle, Wi-Fi operating modes and individual power control of its internal components. 

• When Wi-Fi is enabled, the chip automatically powers on or off the RF transceiver only when needed, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the system. 
• ULP co-processor with less than 5 uA idle mode and 24 uA at 1% duty-cycle current consumption. Improved Wi-Fi-connected and MCU-idle-mode power consumption.

Battery-ready IoT devices based on ESP32

Battery / SuperCap power support allows the processes and data to be securely executed, saved or transferred, and the operating system to be safely shutdown or reboot, if the power source has been restored. The power failure alert can also be sent to cloud service, to perform custom task, specified by user or self-learning AI algorithm.

The Moduino device is a comprehensive end-point controller for variety of sensors located throughout any installation. It fully supports temperature and humidity sensors and new ones are currently developed, e.g. accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, etc.

Moduino–ModBerry symbiosis allows wide range of wake-up/sleep schedule customization, in order to perform best and save energy accordingly to power supply state. Arduino and MicroPython environments provide libraries to control different scenarios of data and power management.

With built-in algorithms and the possibility to program on your own, the TECHBASE’s sleep/wake addon module can wake the device using schedule/timer. Another option is wake on external trigger, e.g. change of input, etc. All the options for sleep, shutdown and wake can be configured for various scenarios to ensure constant operation of devices, safety of data and continuity of work in case of power failure in any installation.