Adafruit Qualia ESP32-S3 for RGB-666 Displays

Board
by Adafruitadafruit-qualia-esp32-s3≈ medium (~$15–50)

Also known as: adafruit_qualia_s3_rgb666

Adafruit Qualia ESP32-S3 for RGB-666 Displays pinout
Pinout

Specifications

Radiosinherited from ESP32-S3

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 4 · 2.4 GHz
Bluetooth LE
BLE 5
Bluetooth Classic
no
802.15.4
no

USB

Native USB
yes
Connector
usb-c
Bridge chip
none — SoC native USB

Board

Form factor
qualia

Display & extras

Extras
stemma-qt
Built onAdafruit Qualia ESP32-S3 for RGB-666 Displays BoardESP32-S3 SoC

ESP32-S3 driver board with native USB-C, 16 MB flash / 8 MB octal PSRAM, a 40-pin RGB-666 TTL display connector, and STEMMA QT.

Firmware for this board

No firmware recipes yet — help add one.

Notes

  • ESP32-S3 driver board for external 40-pin RGB-666 TTL displays (no onboard display).
  • flash_mb=16 QUOTED: "16 MB of Flash". psram_mb=8 QUOTED: "8 MB of octal PSRAM".
  • soc=esp32-s3 / usb.connector=usb-c / bridge=native / usb_serial QUOTED: "Power and programming is provided over a USB C connector, wired to the S3's native USB port."
  • display field omitted: Qualia drives external RGB-666 panels rather than an onboard display. QUOTED interface: "16 pins connected to the TFT for 5-6-5 RGB color, plus HSync, VSync, Data Enable and Pixel Clock" via a "40-pin RGB-666 connector".
  • extras QUOTED: stemma-qt "we provide a Stemma QT / Qwiic port". microSD not recorded as an onboard slot -- QUOTED only "enough to wire up an MMC in 1-wire SDIO mode" (a capability, not a fitted slot).
  • power omitted: no battery connector/charging stated. dimensions_mm omitted: not stated in mm. io omitted: no explicit broken-out GPIO count.

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Serial monitor

Not connected.