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GLYPH C3 - Compact & Low Cost ESP32C3 DEV Board

Glyph-C3 Dev board supports:

  • Wi-Fi ((802.11 b/g/n) Bluetooth 5.0
  • 15 GPIO pins
  • 12-bit ADCs
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • USB Serial
  • UART peripheral
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