ESP32-A1S SoC module

ESP32-A1S Specification
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CONTENT
1.Product overview.....................................................................................................................................................5
2. Pin function............................................................................................................................................................ 8
3. Function description............................................................................................................................................. 10
4. Electrical parameters............................................................................................................................................ 12
5. Design guidance................................................................................................................................................... 14
6. Module internal chip connection table................................................................................................................. 16
7. Reflow soldering curve.........................................................................................................................................17
8. Package Information.............................................................................................................................................18
9. Contact us............................................................................................................................................................. 18

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1.Product overview
ESP32-A1S is an ultra-small, powerful module.Built-in advanced low-power dual-core 32-
bit CPU and CodeC audio decoding chip, it can be widely used in various IoT applications,
suitable for home smart devices, smart audio, story machine solutions, etc. It is an ideal
solution for IoT applications.

Internal circuit of ESP32-A1S module is highly integrated. It supports a variety of peripherals,

secondary development and assists in achieving product differentiation features.
ESP32-A1S adopt SMD package. It can be used directly by plugging in the bottom
plate, realizing rapid production of products and providing customers with high
reliability.

Appearance size

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Characteristics

 Ultra-small 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi + BT SoC module

 Using low-power dual-core 32-bit CPU, can be used as an application processor
 The main frequency is up to 240MHz, and the computing power is up to 600DMIPS
 Built-in 520KB SRAM, External 4MPSRAM
 Support UART/SPI/I2C/PWM/ADC/DAC
 Adopt SMD-38package, which is convenient for welding and testing
 Built-in CodeC audio decoder chip, can support music playback and recording
 Support multiple sleep modes, the minimum deep sleep current can reach 6.5uA

 Support STA/AP/STA+AP operating mode

 Support Smart Config/AirKiss one-click distribution network
 Common AT command can be used easy and quick
 Support serial port local upgrade and remote firmware upgrade (FOTA)
 Embedded Lwip and FreeRTOS
 Support a variety of mainstream compression and lossless audio formats, including M4A, AAC,
FLAC, OGG, OPUS, MP3, etc.
 Support Wi-Fi, BT-audio, DLNA, Line-in and other audio source input

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Main parameters
Table 1 main parameters instruction

Model ESP32-A1S(AC101 version）

Package SMD-38

Size 32*19*3 mm
Certification FCC/CE
SPI Flash Default 32Mbit, maximum support 128Mbit
Audio format M4A、AAC、FLAC、OGG、OPUS、MP3、WAV、RA、VQF etc,.
Audio output Support 1 headphone output and 1 left and right speaker output
Audio input Support 3 analog microphone inputs
IO 14
UART rate Support 300 ~ 4608000 bps ，default 115200bps
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 BR/EDR and stander BLE, support A2DP,AVRC etc,.
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/e/i, support DLNA
On-chip sensors Hall sensor、Temperature sensor、Capacitive touch sensor
Spectrum range 2412 ~2484MHz
Antenna On-board PCB antenna/ IPEX
802.11b: 17±2 dBm (@11Mbps)
Transmit power 802.11g: 14±2 dBm (@54Mbps)
802.11n: 13±2 dBm (@MCS7)

CCK, 1 Mbps : -90dBm

CCK, 11 Mbps: -85dBm
Receiving 6 Mbps (1/2 BPSK): -88dBm
sensitivity 54 Mbps (3/4 64-QAM): -70dBm MCS7
(65 Mbps, 72.2 Mbps): -67dBm

Power consumption 350mA

(typical value)
Security WPA/WPA2/WPA2-Enterprise/WPS
Power supply range Voltage 3.0V ~ 3.6V, current >500mA
Operating -20 ℃ ~ 85℃
temperature
Storage -40 ℃ ~ 85℃ , < 90%RH
environment
Weight 2.5±0.05g

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2. Pin function
ESP32-A1S module is connected to 38 interfaces, table 2.1 and table 2.2 is the interface definition.
table 2.1 ESP32-A1S Pin diagram

table 2.2 pin function definition

No. Pin Function Description
1 GND Ground

2 3V3 3.3V power supply（VDD）; The output current of the external power
supply is recommended to be above 500mA
3 SENSOR_VN GPI39,SENSOR_VN,ADC1_CH3,ADC_H,RTC_GPIO3

4 SENSOR_VP GPI36,SENSOR_VP,ADC_H,ADC1_CH0,RTC_GPIO0

5 IO34 GPI34,ADC1_CH6,RTC_GPIO4

6 IO0 GPIO0, ADC2_CH1, TOUCH1, RTC_GPIO11, CLK_OUT1,

EMAC_TX_CLK
7 IO14 GPIO14, ADC2_CH6, TOUCH6, RTC_GPIO16, MTMS, HSPICLK,
HS2_CLK, SD_CLK, EMAC_TXD2
8 IO12 GPIO12, ADC2_CH5, TOUCH5, RTC_GPIO15, MTDI, HSPIQ,
HS2_DATA2, SD_DATA2, EMAC_TXD3
9 IO13 GPIO13, ADC2_CH4, TOUCH4, RTC_GPIO14, MTCK, HSPID,
HS2_DATA3, SD_DATA3, EMAC_RX_ER
10 IO15 GPIO15, ADC2_CH3, TOUCH3, MTDO, HSPICS0, RTC_GPIO13,
HS2_CMD, SD_CMD, EMAC_RXD3
11 IO2 GPIO2, ADC2_CH2, TOUCH2, RTC_GPIO12, HSPIWP,
HS2_DATA0, SDS_DATA0

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12 IO4 GPIO4,ADC2_CH0,TOUCH0, RTC_GPIO10, HSPIHD, HS2_DATA1,

SD_DATA1, EMAC_TX_ER
13 HBIAS MIC2 control pin

14 MIC2N MIC2 input

15 MIC2P MIC2 input

16 MBIAS MIC1 control pin

17 MIC1P MIC1 input

18 MIC1N MIC1 input

19 GND Ground

20 GND Ground

21 LINEINR Headphone input

22 LINEINL Headphone input

23 SPORP Speaker right channel output

24 SPORN Speaker right channel output

25 SPOLP Speaker left channel output

26 SPOLN Speaker left channel output

27 HPOUTL Headphone output

28 HPOUTR Headphone output

29 IO5 GPIO5,VSPICS0,HS1_DATA6,EMAC_RX_CLK

30 IO18 GPIO18,VSPICLK,HS1_DATA7

31 IO23 GPIO23,VSPID,HS1_STROBE

32 IO19 GPIO19,VSPIQ,U0CTS,EMAC_TXD0

33 IO22 GPIO22,VSPIWP,U0RTS,EMAC_TXD1

34 IO21 GPIO21,VSPIHD,EMAC_TX_EN

35 EN Enable chip, active high

36 TXD0 GPIO1,U0TXD,CLK_OUT3,EMAC_RXD2

37 RXD0 GPIO3,U0RXD,CLK_OUT2

38 GND Ground

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Strapping Pin
Build-in LDO
(VDD_SDIO) voltage
Pin Default 3.3V 1.8V
MTDI/GPIO12 Pull down 0 1
System startup method
Pin Default SPI Flash startup method Download start mode
GPIO0 Pull up 1 0
GPIO2 Pull down / 0
Note: The working voltage of the built-in flash is 3.3V, and the MTDI needs to be pulled down or
left floating when powering on the chip with built-in flash

3. Function description
CPU and RAM
ESP32 contains two low-power Xtensa®32-bit LX6 MCUs. On-chip storage includes:
 448KBytes ROM for program startup and kernel function call
 520 KB on-chip SRAM for data and instruction storage
 8KBytes of SRAM in RTC (RTC slow memory) can be accessed by the coprocessor in Deep-
sleep mode
 The 8KBytes of SRAM in RTC, that is, RTC fast memory, can be used for data
storage and accessed by the main CPU during RTC startup in Deep-sleep mode
 1kbit EFUSE, of which 256 bits are dedicated to the system (MAC address and chip
settings); the remaining 768 bits are reserved for user applications, which include
Flash encryption and chip ID

External Flash and SRAM

ESP32 supports up to four 16 MBytes external QSPI Flash and static random access memory
(SRAM), and has a hardware encryption function based on AES to protect developers’ programs
and data.
 ESP32 accesses external QSPI Flash and SRAM through cache. Up to 16 MBytes of external
Flash is mapped to the CPU code space, supporting 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit access, and
executable code
 Up to 8M Bytes of external Flash and SRAM are mapped to the CPU data space, supporting 8-
bit, 16-bit and 32-bit access. Flash only supports read operations, SRAM can support read and
write operations

Codec
AC101 is a highly integrated audio codec chip with high mixed signal integration. The
integrated digital phase-locked loop supports a wide range of input/output frequencies. It can
generate the audio clock required by the codec from the standard audio crystal rates of
22.5792MHz and 24.576MHz.
 2 ADCs and 2 DACs @ 24 bits and interphase locked loop processing with flexible clocking
scheme
 The signal-to-noise ratio during the playback path of the digital-to-analog converter can reach
up to 100dB
 The signal-to-noise ratio is as high as 95dB during the recording path
 Capacitor-free stereo headphone driver, [email protected]
 Two stereo differential speaker outputs\
 Two low-noise analog microphone offsets

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 TWI/RSB control interface
 A 24-bit 8KHz~192KHz I2S/PCM interface
 Support digital copyright control of digital-to-analog converter playback output
 Soft mute circuit to suppress popping

Crystal oscillator
Supports crystal oscillators with frequencies of 40 MHz, 26 MHz and 24 MHz. The accuracy of
the crystal oscillator is between ±10 PPM, and the operating temperature range is between -
40°C and 85°C. Please select the correct crystal type when using the download tool. In the
circuit design, the ground adjustment capacitors C1 and C2 are added to the input and output
terminals of the crystal oscillator, respectively. The value of the two capacitors can be flexibly
set, ranging from 6 pF to 22 pF. However, the specific capacitance value can only be
determined after matching the overall performance of the entire circuit. Generally speaking, if
the frequency of the crystal oscillator is 26 MHz, the capacitance values of C1 and C2 are
within 10 pF; if the frequency of the crystal oscillator is 40 MHz, the capacitance values of C1
and C2 are 10 pF<C1, C2<22 pF. The frequency of the RTC crystal oscillator is usually 32 kHz
or 32.768 kHz. Due to the internal calibration used to correct the frequency offset, the frequency
of the crystal oscillator may exceed the range of ±20 PPM. When the chip is working in low-
power mode, the device should select an external low-speed 32 kHz crystal oscillator clock
instead of the internal RC oscillator to obtain an accurate wake-up time.

Power consumption
ESP32 has advanced power management technology that can switch between various power saving
modes
 Active mode: The chip's radio frequency is in working condition. The chip can receive,
transmit and listen to signals
 Modem-sleep mode：The CPU keeps running and the clock can be configured. Wi-
Fi/Bluetooth baseband and radio frequency off
 Light-sleep mode：The CPU is suspended. RTC and ULP coprocessors run. Any wake-up
event (MAC, host, RTC timer or external interrupt) will wake up the chip

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4. Electrical parameters
ESP32-A1S series modules are electrostatic sensitive devices, special precautions need to be taken
when handling

Unless otherwise specified, the test environment for the specifications listed in this chapter is：
VBAT= 3.3V,TA= 27℃

Limit parameters：
Rated value Condition Value Unit
Storage - -40~85 ℃
temperature
Maximum welding - 260 ℃
temperature
Supply voltage IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020 +3.0~+3.6 V

Recommended working conditions：

Working Name Min Typical value Max Unit
environment
Operating - -40 20 85 ℃
temperature
Supply voltage VDD 3.0 3.3 3.6 V

Digital port characteristics:

Port Name Min Typical Max Unit
value
Input logic level is low VIL -0.3 - 0.25VDD V
Input logic level is 0.75VDD - VDD+0.3 V
high
Out put logic level is VOL N - 0.1VDD V
low
Output logic level is 0.8VDD - N V
high

Wi-Fi RF characteristics:
Description Min Typical value Max Unit
General
features
Input frequency 2412 - 2484 MHz
Input resistance - 50 - Ω
Input launch - - -10 dB
PA output power 15.5 16.5 21.5 dBm
Sensitivity
DSSS,1Mbps - -98 - dBm
CCK, 11 Mbps - -90 - dBm
OFDM, 6 Mbps - -93 - dBm
OFDM, 54 Mbps - -75 - dBm
HT20, MCSO - -93 - dBm
HT20, MCS7 - -73 - dBm
HT40, MCSO - -90 - dBm
HT40, MCS7 - -70 - dBm

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MCS32 - -91 - dBm
Adjacent
Channel
Suppression
OFDM, 6 Mbps - 37 - dB
OFDM, 54 Mbps - 21 - dB
HT20, MCS0 - 37 - dB
HT20, MCS7 - 20 - dB

BLE receiver features:

Parameter Condition Min Typical value Max Unit
Sensitivity@ - - -98 - dBm
0.1% BER
Max received - 0 - - dBm
[email protected]%
BER
Co-channel C/I - - +10 - dB
Adjacent channel F = F0 + 1 MHz - -5 - dB
selectivity C/I F = F0 - 1 MHz - -5 - dB
F = F0 + 2 MHz - -25 - dB
F = F0 - 2 MHz - -35 - dB
F = F0 + 3 MHz - -25 - dB
F = F0 - 3 MHz - -45 - dB
Out-of-band 30MHz-2000MHz -10 - - dBm
blocking 2000MHz-2400MHz -27 - - dBm
performance 2500MHz-3000MHz -27 - - dBm
3000MHz-12.5GHz -10 - - dBm
Intermodulation - -36 - - dBm
performance

BLE transmitter characteristics:

Parameter Condition Min Typical Max Unit
value
RF transmit - - +7.5 +10 dBm
frequency
RF power - - 25 - dB
control range
Adjacent channel F = F0 + 1 MHz - -14.6 - dBm
transmit power F = F0 - 1 MHz - -12.7 - dBm
F = F0 + 2 MHz - -44.3 - dBm
F = F0 - 2 MHz - -38.7 - dBm
F = F0 + 3 MHz - -49.2 - dBm
F = F0 - 3 MHz - -44.7 - dBm
F = F0 + > 3 MHz - -50 - dBm
F = F0 - > 3 MHz - -50 - dBm
∆f1avg - - - 265 kHz

∆f2max - 247 - - kHz

∆f2avg/∆f1avg - - -0.92 - -
ICFT - - -10 - kHz
Frequency drift rate - - 0.7 - kHz/50us
Frequency drift - - 2 - kHz

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5. Design guidance
5.1 Application circuit

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5.2 Antenna layout requirements
(1) For the installation position on the motherboard, the following two methods are recommended:
Solution 1: Put the module on the edge of the main board, and the antenna area extends out of the
edge of the main board.
Solution 2: Put the module on the edge of the motherboard, and hollow out an area at the antenna
position on the edge of the motherboard.
(2)In order to meet the performance of the on-board antenna, it is forbidden to place metal parts
around the antenna.

5.3 Power supply

(1) Recommended 3.3V voltage, peak current above 500mA
(2) It is recommended to use LDO for power supply; if using DC-DC, it is
recommended that the ripple be controlled within 30mV.
(3) The DC-DC power supply circuit is recommended to reserve the position of the
dynamic response capacitor, which can optimize the output ripple when the load
changes greatly.
(4) It is recommended to add ESD devices to the 3.3V power interface.

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5.4 Use of GPIO port
(1) There are some GPIO ports on the periphery of the module. If you need to
use it, it is recommended to connect a 10-100 ohm resistor in series with the IO
port. This can suppress overshoot and make the levels on both sides more
stable. It is helpful for EMI and ESD.
(2) For the pull-up and pull-down of special IO ports, please refer to the
instructions in the specification. This will affect the startup configuration of the
module.
(3)The IO port of the module is 3.3V. If the main control and the IO level of
the module do not match, you need to add a level conversion circuit.
(4)If the IO port is directly connected to a peripheral interface, or a terminal
such as a header, it is recommended to reserve an ESD device near the terminal
of the IO trace.

6. Module internal chip connection table

Chip ESP32 AC101

Interface
I2S Pin connection IO35 I2S_SOUT
IO25 I2S_SDIN
IO26 I2S_LRCK
IO27 I2S_BCLK
IO0 I2S_MCLK
I2C Pin connection IO32 SCL
IO33 SDA

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7. Reflow soldering curve

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8. Package Information
As shown in the figure below, the packaging of ESP32-A1S is tape.

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