Espressif's development framework for ESP32 family including newer RISC-V based chips with Thread/Matter support. Comprehensive ecosystem for IoT connectivity.
Adopt for IoT projects requiring connectivity, leverage new RISC-V variants, integrate Matter/Thread capabilities
ESP32-C6 and H2 variants offer improved power efficiency and native Thread support Why Pause? ESP32 silicon is increasingly well-supported by vendor-neutral frameworks (Zephyr, NuttX, embedded Rust via esp-hal/esp-rs), which gives new programs a credible alternative to committing to Espressif's bespoke SDK. ESP-IDF remains a perfectly viable choice for existing programs and for teams optimizing for fastest time-to-Espressif-features, but new programs should weigh the lock-in cost.