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I don’t trust Espressif’s releases, I am still waiting for ESP32-P4 to hit distributors. It is now more than 2 years and 3rd chip revision

by urba_ 6mo ago

cbdevidal 6mo ago
Can also be ordered on JLCPCB in a custom PCB: https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/C22387510.html?s_z=n_ESP32-P4 https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/C22387510.html?s_z=n_ESP...
MallocVoidstar 6mo ago
I assume their chips don't really exist until they're actually supported by ESP-IDF. The ESP32-C5 was announced in June 2022, received initial support in -IDF in August 2025, and more complete support in December. It seems to have only recently started getting third party dev boards.
armx40 6mo ago
I guess it hit mass production and then suddenly recalled and is now in sample status again with “X” variant. I designed boards using esp32-p4 and deployed and then suddenly local supply of esp32-p4 went dry. Now waiting for the x variant to go mass production but you can by samples directly from espressif for 3.33$.
peteforde 6mo ago
I have great news for you: after several years of growing frustration with Espressif's inability to launch this chip properly in NA, I found a company called Wireless Tag that presumably felt the same way and just did it themselves: https://en.wireless-tag.com/product-item-56.html https://en.wireless-tag.com/product-item-56.html I've now used this module in several projects. I love it. And I love (x3) the P4. It is amazingly powerful. A lot of folks talk about the P4 not having radios as a problem; I personally think that it's an advantage. The assumption that every device is a wifi/BT device is baffling to me. You'd have a very hard time convincing me to use anything but the WT0132P4-A1 at this point. They are cheaper than ESP32-S3-MINI-1U, too.
- volemo 6mo ago
  > A lot of folks talk about the P4 not having radios as a problem; I personally think that it's an advantage. I believe, the problem is that there isn't a comparable chip with WiFi/BT (ignoring S3, because, you know, Xtensa), not that P4 itself doesn't have them.
  - peteforde 6mo ago
    I don't use these directly myself in any projects, so I'm citing hearsay... but from what I understand, Espressif officially recommends using an ESP32-C6 as a radio module with the P4. Wouldn't that cover it? What I have seen directly is a lot of folks reacting negatively to the P4 because it doesn't have radios. They seem to be coming from a "what could it possibly be useful for if it can't [wifi/BT]". While it's easy to see this as a failure of imagination, it does seem true that a lot of folks equate the ESP32 line as what you use when you want to create an IoT device. While that's not wrong or necessarily bad, I've always felt like it's a weird way to pigeonhole an entire SoC family that might be self-limiting.

I don’t trust Espressif’s releases, I am still waiting for ESP32-P4 to hit distributors. It is now more than 2 years and 3rd chip revision

by urba_ 6mo ago

I don’t trust Espressif’s releases, I am still waiting for ESP32-P4 to hit distributors. It is now more than 2 years and 3rd chip revision

cbdevidal 6mo ago

Can also be ordered on JLCPCB in a custom PCB: https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/C22387510.html?s_z=n_ESP32-P4 https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/C22387510.html?s_z=n_ESP...

MallocVoidstar 6mo ago

I assume their chips don't really exist until they're actually supported by ESP-IDF. The ESP32-C5 was announced in June 2022, received initial support in -IDF in August 2025, and more complete support in December. It seems to have only recently started getting third party dev boards.

armx40 6mo ago

I guess it hit mass production and then suddenly recalled and is now in sample status again with “X” variant. I designed boards using esp32-p4 and deployed and then suddenly local supply of esp32-p4 went dry. Now waiting for the x variant to go mass production but you can by samples directly from espressif for 3.33$.

peteforde 6mo ago

I have great news for you: after several years of growing frustration with Espressif's inability to launch this chip properly in NA, I found a company called Wireless Tag that presumably felt the same way and just did it themselves: https://en.wireless-tag.com/product-item-56.html https://en.wireless-tag.com/product-item-56.html I've now used this module in several projects. I love it. And I love (x3) the P4. It is amazingly powerful. A lot of folks talk about the P4 not having radios as a problem; I personally think that it's an advantage. The assumption that every device is a wifi/BT device is baffling to me. You'd have a very hard time convincing me to use anything but the WT0132P4-A1 at this point. They are cheaper than ESP32-S3-MINI-1U, too.

volemo 6mo ago
> A lot of folks talk about the P4 not having radios as a problem; I personally think that it's an advantage. I believe, the problem is that there isn't a comparable chip with WiFi/BT (ignoring S3, because, you know, Xtensa), not that P4 itself doesn't have them.
- peteforde 6mo ago
  I don't use these directly myself in any projects, so I'm citing hearsay... but from what I understand, Espressif officially recommends using an ESP32-C6 as a radio module with the P4. Wouldn't that cover it? What I have seen directly is a lot of folks reacting negatively to the P4 because it doesn't have radios. They seem to be coming from a "what could it possibly be useful for if it can't [wifi/BT]". While it's easy to see this as a failure of imagination, it does seem true that a lot of folks equate the ESP32 line as what you use when you want to create an IoT device. While that's not wrong or necessarily bad, I've always felt like it's a weird way to pigeonhole an entire SoC family that might be self-limiting.