Low-Cost Wireless SoCs Run Linux

Sept. 23, 2024

A Linux port for Xtensa cores is used in ESP32 modules, but only specific versions are capable of running Linux at the moment.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

There is a Linux port for Xtensa cores used in ESP32 modules, but only specific versions of the ESP32-S3 can run Linux. However, it's able to be flashed with Linux using Sudoflash. Linux on ESP32 is currently a novel process and in an early stage of development, so it's suggested only for advanced makers. In this video, Clemens Mayer of MayerMakes talks about the modules he has available.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.