Adafruit ESP32-S3 User Manual

Arduino IDE Setup
The first thing you will need to do is to download the latest release of the Arduino
IDE. You will need tobe usingversion 1.8or higher for this guide
Arduino IDE Download
The ESP32-S2/S3 Arduino board support package is currently part of the 2.0.0 or
later release. To use the ESP32-S2/S3 with Arduino, you'll need to follow the steps
below for your operating system. You can also check out the Espressif Arduino
repository for the most up to date details on how to install it().
After you have downloaded and installedthe latest version of Arduino IDE, you will
need to start the IDEand navigate tothePreferencesmenu. You can access it from
theFilemenu inWindowsorLinux, or theArduinomenu onOS X.
A dialog will pop up just like the one shown below.
The ESP32-S2/S3 bootloader does not have USB serial support for Windows 7 or
8. (See https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/5994) please update
to version 10 which is supported by espressif! Alternatively you can try this
community-crafted Windows 7 driver (https://github.com/kutukvpavel/Esp32-Win7-
VCP-drivers)
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Adafruit ESP32-S3 Specifications

General

Brand	Adafruit
Model	ESP32-S3
Category	Microcontrollers
Language	English