LilyGo T-Deck ESP32-S3 LoRa LCD Dev Board – 2.8” WiFi BLE

Some of us might recognise the shape of this interesting LilyGo T-Deck dev board with a trackball and buttons similar to a certain berry-shaped smartphone. When it comes to building your own creative portable IoT and wearable devices, Espressif ESP32 boards are fantastic development boards available to Makers with open-source online communities. Compatible with official Arduino boards, the LilyGo series is often a go-to when building smaller projects with portability and connectivity in mind. Some of the best IoT projects are wearable smart watches or on-the-go gizmo to wow your friends. This LilyGo LilyGo T-Deck ESP32-S3 board gives you the perfect platform for building your own smartphone device with Bluetooth/WiFi connectivity and a LoRa transceiver for long-range distance.

The LilyGo T-Deck ESP32-S3 LoRa Dev Board features a 2.8-inch LCD display that’s easily controlled with the onboard trackball and button keypad. Using Arduino, IDO, or Micropython, you can build a fully functional smart device in the palm of your hand. The board provides an onboard audio output/input system and SX1262 LoRa transceiver for long-range communication over 15km. With WiFi and BLE connectivity, this LilyGo provides a unique platform for crafting your personal IoT devices. It hardly stops there. This wireless microcontroller is equipped for battle with USB type-C port, TF card slot, 16MB flash, and 8MB PSRAM.

Multitudes of niche applications are possible with a small display and LilyGo T-keyboard like this LilyGo T-Deck ESP32-S3 board. Finally, create your own custom smartphone, handheld gaming console, or smart watch. The list is endless. The display itself is a 2.8-inch vivid LCD module with an ST7789 SPI interface. Power the board with the USB Type-C port or a 1O04 battery pin on the go. We can’t wait to see what crazy devices our community will make next with this IoT LilyGo T-Deck ESP32-S3 LoRa Display Development Board.

Espressif Systems have their headquarters based in Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, which is considered to be “China’s Silicon Valley”, where they produce low-power WiFi and Bluetooth SoC’s and IoT hardware and software.

Their vision is to enhance the world by leveraging modern technologies like IoT and wireless communications to manufacture products that are more versatile, adaptable and eco-friendly, with the aim of reducing the amount of waste and pollution that the world produces each year. So far, they have been able to reduce the consumption of electrical components by hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, inductors, baluns, switches and power management chips, while reducing the amount of Printed Circuits Boards, or PCB’s, by more than 50,000 square meters.

Espressif is quickly becoming the leading manufacturer of IoT and wireless components, modules and devices that cut out the need for cabling and unnecessary electronics, which will not only result in a world that is cleaner and more environmentally sustainable, but also more adaptable and capable of moving towards the future of human technologies.