6.13.0

Release Notes

• Added support for ESP-IDF v5.5.3 (release notes)
• Updated IDF toolchains to v14.2.0+20251107
• Updated esptoolpy to v4.11.0 (release notes)
• Minor fixes and improvements

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Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.13.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

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Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.17 (based on IDF v4.4.7)
• ESP-IDF - v5.5.3

6.12.0

Release Notes

• Added new boards: Cezerio dev ESP32C6, Cezerio mini dev ESP32C6
• Added support for ESP-IDF v5.5 (release notes)
• Updated CMake packages to v3.30
• Initial support for Secure Features (see instructions)

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Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.12.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

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Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.17 (based on IDF v4.4.7)
• ESP-IDF - v5.5.0

6.11.0

• Added a new board: Seeed Xiao ESP32C6
• Added support for ESP-IDF v5.4.1 (release notes)
• Added a new package for ESP32 series ROM ELF files (release notes)
• Improvements to Esp32ExceptionDecoder to properly decode backtraces (#1572)
• Fixed a incorrect OpenOCD config name for Freenove ESP32-Wrover (#1562)

Thanks @jarkad, @lucaskatayama four your contributions!

6.10.0

Release Notes

• Added new boards: Freenove ESP32-S3-WROOM, Freenove ESP32-WROVER-E, RYMCU ESP32-DevKitC, RYMCU ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1, ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1, LilyGo T3 S3
• Added support for ESP-IDF v5.4 (release notes)
• Updated toolchain packages for IDF to v14.2.0
• Added support for ESP32-C6 ULP (#1507)
• Better handling of the IDF Python virtual environment (#1525)
• Added automatic rebuild for IDF projects if external dependencies changed (#1514)
• Enabled by default IDF Component Manager option to allow modification of managed components
• Fixed missing PSRAM flags for Adafruit Feather ESP32-S3 TFT (#1498)
• Fixed default flash frequency for Heltec Wireless Stick Lite (#1480)
• Added missing USB_CDC flag for Romeo ESP32-S3 (#1512)

Thanks @TomRoush, @PabloPL, @mariusGundersen, @ronger-x, @Andreas-Pedersen, @argetlam-coder, @Hugh-rymcu for your contributions!

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Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.10.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

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Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.17 (based on IDF v4.4.7)
• ESP-IDF - v5.4.0

6.9.0

Release Notes

• Added WeAct Studio ESP32C3CoreBoard board
• Added support for ESP-IDF v5.3.1 (release notes)
• Updated build command for ULP config generation
• Better handling of complex macros exported from IDF projects
• Fixed variant name for Heltec WiFi Kit 32 V3 (#1442)
• Added missing PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR argument for bootloader build command (#1460)
• Minor fixes and improvements (#1434)

Thanks @Jason2866, @DamienEspitallier, @patrickelectric for your contributions!

Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.9.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.17 (based on IDF v4.4.7)
• ESP-IDF - v5.3.1

6.8.1

• Removed unnecessary debug print (#1433)

6.8.0

• New board M5Stack Core ESP32 16M
• Added support for ESP-IDF v5.3 (release notes)
• Added support for Arduino core v2.0.17 (release notes)
• Better handling of IDF package version (#1420, #1418)
• Added littlefs partition subtype (#1426)
• Enabled PSRAM by default for Adafruit Feather ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT (#1414)
• Fix maximum RAM size for ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1
• Minor fixes and improvements (#1421)

Thanks @TheMasterofBlubb, @pcorliss, @Jason2866, @gmemstr, @dariush for your contributions!

Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.8.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.17 (based on IDF v4.4.7)
• ESP-IDF - v5.3.0

6.7.0

Release Notes

• New boards: ESP32-S3 PowerFeather, MotorGo Mini 1, senseBox MCU-S2
• Added support for Arduino v2.0.16 (release notes)
• Updated toolchain packages for IDF integration to v13.2.0 (#1360)
• Improvements to esp32_exception_decoder (#1357)
• Better handling of IDF linker script fragments
• Minor fixes and improvements (#1360)

Thanks @Tasssadar, @powerfeatherdev for your contributions!

Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.7.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.16 (based on IDF v4.4.7)
• ESP-IDF - v5.2.1

6.6.0

Release Notes

• New boards: Adafruit Feather ESP32-S2, Lilka v2, WEMOS LOLIN S3 PRO
• Updated ESP-IDF to v5.2.1 (release notes)
• Added new helper function _get_board_f_image for getting firmware image frequency (#1304)
• Added new helper function _get_board_f_boot for getting bootloader frequency (#1331)
• Better handling of ULP sources in incremental builds (#1320)
• Switched to GCC wrapped ar & ranlib to enable LTO (#1329)
• Droped support for deprecated Briki boards
• Minor fixes and improvements (#1277, #1304, #1312, #1314, #1321, #1334)

Thanks @Jason2866, @bsdlp, @and3rson, @nicklasb, @mbrunnen, @deece for your contributions!

Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.6.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.14
• ESP-IDF - v5.2.1

6.5.0

Release Notes

• Added new boards and dev-kits: 4D Systems GEN4-ESP32 16MB, Adafruit pyCamera S3, Adafruit Metro ESP32-S3, Adafruit QT Py ESP32-S3 (4M Flash 2M PSRAM), Adafruit Qualia ESP32-S3 RGB666, ArtronShop ATD1.47-S3, ArtronShop IOXESP32, ArtronShop IOXESP32PS, Aventen S3 Sync, Espressif ESP32-PICO-DevKitM-2, Espressif ESP32-S3-DevKitM-1, Espressif ESP32-S3-USB-OTG, Lion:Bit S3 STEM Dev Board, LilyGo T-Display, Smart Bee Data Logger, Namino Arancio, Namino Rosso, Unexpected Maker NanoS3
• Added support for Arduino v2.0.14 (release notes)
• Updated ESP-IDF to v5.1.2 (release notes)
• Added default debug option for ESP32-S2-Kaluga-1 Kit (#1185, #1130)
• Added optional MMU page size flag to elf2bin if it's configurable
• Fixed handling of precompiled static archives located outside IDF project root (#1230)
• Fixed Lolin S2 USB CDC setup (#1251)
• Fixed upload workflow for Lolin S3 (#1252)
• Minor fixes and improvements (#1180, #1198)

Thanks @maxgerhardt, @Jason2866, @mbrunnen, @f-io, @PradeepKotu, @strid3r21, @SuGlider, @djpearman, @a-sapuppo for your contributions!

Configuration

To utilize this version, please navigate to your platformio.ini (Project Configuration File) and adjust the platform option as follows:

[env:my-esp32]
platform = espressif32 @ 6.5.0

For further exploration of configuration options for the espressif32 development platform, refer to the documentation.

Supported Frameworks

• Arduino - v2.0.14
• ESP-IDF - v5.1.2