The part in question is the ESP32-S3, a version of the chip with the dual Extensa cores we’re familiar with from earlier versions, but the interesting addition of an LCD controller.

At its core lies an ESP32-S3 module that features a dual-core XTensa processor having 512 KB of internal SRAM and running at 240 MHz. It supports Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz).

[Jackson Studner] wrote in to let us know about his ESP32-based media server: Jcorp Nomad. This project uses a ESP32-S3 to create a WiFi hotspot you can connect to from your devices. The hotspot is… ...