ESP32-S3 High-Performance Development Board With 3.49inch IPS Capacitive Touch Display, 172 × 640 Resolution, Integrated With ESP32-S3R8 Dual-core Processor
Features
The ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-3.49 is a high-performance, highly integrated microcontroller development board designed by Waveshare. Onboard 3.49inch capacitive touch IPS display, highly integrated power management IC, 6-axis IMU (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope), RTC chip, low-power audio codec IC, echo cancellation circuit, and so on, which makes it easy for you to develop and integrate into the products quickly.
- Equipped with ESP32-S3R8 Xtensa 32-bit LX7 dual-core processor, up to 240MHz main frequency
- Supports 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth 5 (LE), with onboard antenna
- Built-in 512KB of SRAM and 384KB ROM, with onboard 8MB PSRAM and an external 16MB Flash memory
- Onboard 3.49inch IPS capacitive touch display for clear color picture display, 172 × 640 resolution, 16.7M color
- Equipped with dual microphone array with noise reduction and echo cancellation circuit, suitable for accurate speech recognition and near/far-field wake-up
- Built-in AXS15231B LCD & touch controller, using QSPI and I2C interfaces for communication respectively
- Onboard QMI8658 6-axis IMU (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope) for detecting motion gestures, counting steps, etc.
- Onboard PCF85063 RTC chip for RTC functionality
- Onboard PWR and BOOT programmable buttons for easy custom function development
- Onboard 3.7V MX1.25 Lithium battery recharge/discharge header or 18650 Lithium battery holder
- Onboard TF card slot for extended storage and fast data transfer, suitable for applications such as data recording and media playback, simplifying circuit design
- Onboard audio codec: Supports high-quality audio processing, providing clear and high-quality audio input and output
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Supports AI Speech Interaction: Allows access to online large model platforms such as DeepSeek, Doubao, etc.
- Reserved 22PIN 2.54mm pitch through-hole pads for easy connection to external modules or functional expansion, enhancing development flexibility.
- Supports ESP-IDF, Arduino IDE: Comprehensive SDK, Dev Resources, Tutorials To Help You Easily Get Started
- IPS Display Panel: Excellent display performance, 16.7M color, wide viewing angle
- Capacitive touch: Suitable for various smart device development, enabling human-machine interaction
LCD parameters
- Display Panel: LCD
- Resolution: 172 × 640
- Brightness: 350 cd/m2
- Display Interface: QSPI
- Touch Interface: I2C
- Display Size: 3.49 inch
- Display Colors: 16.7M
- Contrast Ratio: 1200:1
- Driver IC: AXS15231B
- Touch Type: Capacitive Touch
- ESP32-S3R8
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth SoC, up to 240 MHz operating frequency, with onboard 8 MB PSRAM.
- Onboard antenna
- Supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth 5 (LE).
- TCA9554PWR
- 8-bit I²C GPIO expansion chip.
- W25Q128JVSIQ
- 16 MB Flash memory.
- ES8311 DAC audio encoding chip
- High-performance, low-power audio DAC.
- ES7210 ADC audio decoding chip
- High-performance, low-power audio ADC, supports multiple microphone inputs.
- QMI8658
- 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer, suitable for applications such as altitude sensing and motion recognition.
- Dual microphone array design
- Dual digital microphones; supports more advanced voice interaction functions.
- TF card slot
- Supports FAT32-formatted TF card for data expansion.
- RESET button (back side)
- Press the BOOT, then click the RESET button to enter download mode.
- PWR power button (back side)
- Enables power control via software configuration when using a Lithium battery for power supply.
- BOOT button (back side)
- Press the BOOT, then click the RESET button to enter download mode.
- MX1.25 2-pin speaker header (back side)
- Audio signal output, for connecting external speaker.
- IPEX1 connector
- For connecting external antenna, enabled via resoldering an onboard resistor.
- 2×pin 2.54 mm pitch through-hole pads
- For connecting external modules and enabling functional expansion.
- Type-C port
- For program burning and log printing.
- PCF8563TS
- RTC clock chip, supports time retention.

Please Note: This is Case A and it comes with a 18650 Lithium Battery.