SinoVoip Co. launched today a new IoT board based on the ESP-S3 SoC. The BPI-Pico W-S3 is enabled with a 240MHz processor, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi/Bluetooth 5.0, ultra low-power mode and up to 27 GPIOs. 

As in the recently released BPI-Leaf-S3, the BPI-PicoW-S3 features the Xtensa 32-bit LX7 dual-core processor with clock frequency up to 240MHz. The board also  includes 2MB of onboard Flash ROM besides the on-chip memory in addition to 5 DMA channels. 

BPI-Pico W-S3 front (left) and (back)
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The BPI-PicoW-S3 offers up to 27 GPIOs compared to the BPI-Leaf-S3 which offers up to 36 GPIOs. Some of the protocol interfaces supported by this device include up to 4x SPI, 2x I2C, 2x I2S, 4x RMT and 3x UART. 

BPI-Pico W-S3 pinout 
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This new Banana Pi board also provides up to 27x PWM pins, 2x MCPWM, 14x capacitive touch sensor pins and 2x 2-bit SAR ADC supporting 18 analog inputs. 

The table below compares the new BPI-Pico W-S3 with other similar boards including the Raspberry Pi Pico W.

Comparison Table (left) and BPI-Pico W-S3 board (right)
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Specifications listed for the Banana Pi BPI-Pico W-S3 include:

• Processor System:
  • ESP32-S3, Xtensa 32-bit LX7 dual core (up to 240MHz)
• Memory/Storage:
  • 384KB ROM (on-chip)
  • 320KB RAM (on-chip)
  • 2MB flash ROM (onboard)
  • 8MB PSRAM (onboard)
• Camera/Display:
  • supports 8-bit to 16-bit DVP image sensor interface
  • supports 8-bit to 16-bit parallel RGB
• Connectivity:
  • 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (40MHz bandwidth)
  • BLE 5.0, Bluetooth mesh
• USB:
  • 1x Micro USB
• I/O Peripherals:
  • 27x GPIOs (3.3V)
    • 8x 14-bit PWM, 18x Analog inputs, 
    • 14x Touch, 2x MCPWM  
    • 3x UART, 4x SPI, 2x I2C
    • 2x I2S
    • 1x SDIO host interface
• Other Features:
  • 1x Neopixel LED
  • 1x Temperature sensor (–20°C to 110°C)
  • 40 MHz external crystal 
  • Secure boot, Flash encryption
  • Cryptographic hardware acceleration supporting AES, Hash, RSA, etc.
• Software:
  • ESP-IDF, Arduino, MicroPython
• Operating Temperature:
  • -40℃ to 85℃
• Power:
  • 3.3V to 5.5V
  • 10uA (Low power consumption)
• Dimensions:
  • 21 × 51.88mm

 Further information

The Banana Pi BPI-PicoW-S3 is available for $5.50 on AliExpress.com. See the product page for more information. The wiki for this device doesn’t seem to be available yet.