DFRobot FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 AI Board Features MIPI-CSI/DSI, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5 via ESP32-C6

DFRobot has officially introduced the FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 AI Vision Development Board comprising a Dual-core RISC-V 360MHz CPU as well as a Single-core RISC-V 40MHz processor supporting single-precision FPU and AI extensions. At the same time, the development board also features an ESP32-C6 wireless module supporting Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 communication, two USB-C ports, GPIO headers, on-board MIPI CSI and DSI connectors supporting up to 1080p@30fps image acquisition and display, making the newly launched dev-board ideal for compact and low-power Edge AI, Computer Vision work, and human-machine interface (HMI) workloads.

Previously, we covered development boards such as the Wireless Tag WT99P4C5-S1, ESP32-P4-MINI, ESP32-P4-Module, Nicolai’s Tanmatsu, and more. Feel free to check them out if you’re interested in these products.

FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 Development Board Specifications:

• SoC: Espressif Systems – ESP32-P4NRW32
  • MCU:
    • HP Core: RISC-V 32-bit Dual-core Microprocessor, 360 MHz supporting AI instructions extension and single-precision FPU
    • LP Core: RISC-V 32-bit Single-core Microprocessor, 40 MHz
  • GPU: 2D Pixel Processing Accelerator (PPA)
  • VPU: H.264 and JPEG codecs support
  • Memory: 768 KB HP L2MEM, 32 KB LP SRAM, 8 KB TCM, 32MB PSRAM
  • Storage: 128 KB HP ROM, 16 KB LP ROM
  • Wireless Communication: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 via ESP32-C6-MINI-1 SoC
• Storage:
  • 16MB NOR Flash
  • MicroSD card slot (SDIO 3.0)
• Display I/F: On-board MIPI-DSI interface, supporting up to 720p@88fps or 1080p@30fps image display
• Camera I/F: On-board MIPI-CSI camera interface (up to 1080p30 or 720p88 image capture)
• Audio:
  • I2S Interfaces (x3 + LP I2S x1):
    • Supports digital audio input/output
    • Useful for connecting external audio codecs, DACs, ADCs, or digital microphones/speakers
  • Onboard PDM Microphone (MIC)
• USB (Type-C connector):
  • High-speed USB OTG 2.0
  • USB CDC (Communication Device Class) port for programming and debugging
• Serial Communication: 5x standard + 1x Low Power (LP) UART
• Expansion via pin headers:
  • Digital I/O: 24 pins
  • I2C: 2x standard, 1x Low Power
  • SPI: 2x standard, 1x Low Power
  • I3C: 1x standard
  • SDIO 2.0: 1x standard
  • ADC: 7 channels, 12-bit SAR ADC
  • Touch: 4x capacitive touch input channels
  • LED PWM Controller: 8 channels
  • Infrared transceivers: 5x TX, 5x RX
• Misc:
  • Boot and Reset buttons
  • Onboard Power and Indicator LEDs
  • Raspberry Pi-compatible MIPI-CSI/DSI pin sequence
• Power Supply: 5V DC IN via USB-C port | 3.3V operating voltage
• Operating temperature: -10 to 60°C
• Dimensions: 60 x 25.4 mm

The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 Dev Module can be programmed through the Arduino IDE. The board also supports ESP-IDF with RTOS, and it can run small machine learning models using TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers with ESP-DL or other tools. The onboard ESP32-C6-MINI-1 module may support Matter and Thread for Smart Home use. DFRobot also gives docs, tutorials, and code examples on their Wiki page.

The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 development kit is available for purchase now on DFRobot’s store for $13.90, but the board itself is only shown as “coming soon” for $11.90.