Hardware & Wiring

What hardware to use and how to wire it all up

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Drone Light Show Edition (DLSE) of DroneBridge for ESP32 supports the following chips:

• ESP32-C3 - Wi-Fi 5 2.4GHz

• ESP32-C5 - Wi-Fi 6 2.4GHz

• ESP32-C6 - Wi-Fi 6 2.4GHz & 5GHz

All chips must have at least 4MB of flash memory.

ESP32-C3

Recommended GPIOs (NOT PIN NUMBERS) for connecting to the flight controller UART:

ESP32-C3 GPIO TX	ESP32-C3 GPIO RX	ESP32-C3 GPIO RTS	ESP32-C3 GPIO CTS
GPIO 5	GPIO 4	GPIO 6	GPIO 7

Pins that cannot be used with the ESP32-C3 and the DLSE

GPIO 2, GPIO 8, GPIO 9, GPIO 12, GPIO 13, GPIO 14, GPIO 15, GPIO 16, GPIO 17

ESP32-C5

Recommended GPIOs (NOT PIN NUMBERS) for connecting to the flight controller UART:

ESP32-C5 TX GPIO	ESP32-C5 RX GPIO	ESP32-C5 RTS GPIO	ESP32-C5 CTS GPIO
GPIO 23	GPIO 24	GPIO 4 (untested)	GPIO 5 (untested)

Pins that cannot be used with the ESP32-C5 and the DLSE

GPIO 4, GPIO 5, GPIO 8, GPIO 9, GPIO 15, GPIO 24, GPIO 25, GPIO 26, GPIO 27, GPIO 28, GPIO 29, GPIO 30

ESP32-C6

Recommended GPIOs (NOT PIN NUMBERS) for connecting to the flight controller UART:

ESP32-C6 TX GPIO	ESP32-C6 RX GPIO	ESP32-C6 RTS GPIO	ESP32-C6 CTS GPIO
GPIO 21	GPIO 2	GPIO 22	GPIO 23

Pins that cannot be used with the ESP32-C6 and the DLSE

GPIO 2, GPIO 7, GPIO 16, GPIO 17, GPIO 18, GPIO 19, GPIO 20, GPIO 21, GPIO 22, GPIO 25, GPIO 27, GPIO 28