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WeAct ESP32-C6-Mini is the cheapest ESP32-C6 board so far going for less than $4

WeAct ESP32-C6-Mini is a small development board based on Espressif Systems ESP32-C6 WiFi 6, Bluetooth, and 802.15.4 wireless SoC that’s the cheapest we’ve seen so far selling for just $3.86 on Aliexpress.

WeAct was one of the first companies to launch a third-party ESP32-C6 development board year with the price starting at just $6. I still remember the excitement around the first $5 ESP8266 WiFi 4 module when we first covered it in 2014, and ten years later, we can get a full $4 development board with a more powerful 160 MHz RISC-V microcontroller, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and an 802.15.4 radio for Thread, Zigbee, and Matter.

WeAct ESP32-C6-Mini board

WeAct ESP32-C6-Mini specifications:

  • Wireless SoC – ESP32-C6-N4
    • CPU
      • Single-core 32-bit RISC-V clocked up to 160 MHz
      • Low-power RISC-V core @ up to 20 MHz
    • Memory – 512KB SRAM, 16KB low power SRAM
    • Storage – 320KB ROM, and 4MB flash
    • Wireless – 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee 3.0 and Thread. Matter compatible. PCB antenna
  • USB – 1x USB Type-C port
  • I/Os – 2x 16-pin headers with GPIO, UART, SPI, ADC, SDIO, USB, I2S, etc…
  • Misc – RESET and BOOT buttons, RGB LED
  • Power Supply (mutually exclusive options)
    • 5V via USB-C port (recommended)
    • 5V and GND pins
    • 3V3 and GND pins
  • Dimensions – 45.1 x 20.6mm

ESP32-C6-Mini pinout diagram

WeAct focuses on designing and manufacturing cheap hardware, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen documentation from the company. They only say the board can be programmed with the ESP-IDF v5.1 and greater framework. However, considering it’s basically a cost and features-down version of the ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1 development kit people can use the official documentation from Espressif, and the Arduino IDE should also be supported as long as you install ESP32 Arduino Core 3.0.0 or greater.

The $3.86 price tag does not include a $0.99 shipping fee, but in my case at least (shipping to Thailand), it’s possible to get free shipping by ordering at least three boards making the order over $10.

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13 Replies to “WeAct ESP32-C6-Mini is the cheapest ESP32-C6 board so far going for less than $4”

  1. > I don’t think I’ve ever seen documentation from the company.
    They tend to put up some of their docs in github. e.g. Their previous esp32-c6 board ( which you covered here: https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/02/weact-launches-6-esp32-c6-development-board-esp-idf-5-1-framework-released/ ) has the docs over at https://github.com/WeActStudio/WeActStudio.ESP32-C6-A/ with schematics and such.

    I guess they haven’t gotten around to uploading the docs for this board yet? Their gitee doesn’t seem to have it yet either: https://gitee.com/WeAct-TC

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  2. As already mentioned they put their documentation on GitHub and usually have a link to it on the product page. They generally always have a schematic and sometimes have some examples but all you really need are the schematics due to how simple the Dev boards are.

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    1. Some boards (i.e. stm32f4x1 blackpills) also have the bootloader in github, so definitely one of the better supporting board manufacturers

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  3. To europe shipping is usually 1.99 but free above 10$/€/9£/CHF. Free shipping is across all select items not limited to one seller and usually quite fast, around 10 days in my case.

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    1. It’s still available here, and the price is down to $3.36 ($4.26 with shipping), but they only allow one piece per user, so the free shipping option is not available anymore unless you buy other boards from the same company I suppose.

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      1. Maybe it’s just the USA that’s not working. “Sorry, this item is no longer available!” “This product can’t be shipped to your address.
        Select another product or address.”

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