Hi all! I’ve been posting in Discord the last couple days about tracking down an issue with the latest batch of ESP32-C3 Super Mini’s I ordered from AliExpress.
Turns out, the PCB design was adjusted slightly! I want to post here to warn others to be cautious when ordering online now. The Wi-Fi performance is so bad, it’s entirely unusable! -_-
Please check out my writeup for more information, photos, and safe purchase links (non-affiliate)!
Good luck out there! Stay blinky!
it seams that manuelly connecting to the AP via smartphone on the 0,15 Version goes well
then use the smartphone/Tablet to adjust the WIFI !
Onle get the SCVAN and the pasword to the Homenet no static
then connect after a reboot from a browser to the ESP (( see router for given IP)))
then you can use the menue to give it a static if you need
Your post again has absolutely nothing to do with the topic.
Yes, FWIW the AP mode works reliably. I think there’s a difference in TX/RX dDm, or at least the poor signal is mitigated by using your (usually phone in my case) close to the device.
@Magig_Wled you are not being helpful and are often off-topic. You are just confusing other users.
Had the same bad performance problem (actually didnt work at all) and after trying MULTIPLE HW changes like adding capacitors, diodes to boost 3.3v to 3.4v, and modifying the smd wifi antenna I decided to try all esp32c3 super mini boards from a batch of 10 I bought and found out that 4 out of 10 where unable to connect to wifi reporting error AUTH_EXPIRE. Exactly the same sketch (wifi tx power 8.5db) for all of them. My conclusion is the manufacturer doesnt chack for defectives and sells all of them. Dont know what other issues can arise. Hope this helps (to discard the broken ones).