Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06
Shares rank 20 of 28 microcontrollers by recommenders
Touch AMOLED ESP32-S3 dev board liked for its looks and fun to build with; the speaker is tiny and one cable variant fails with iPad.
Touch AMOLED ESP32-S3 dev board liked for its looks and fun to build with; the speaker is tiny and one cable variant fails with iPad.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Attractive touch AMOLED display
“AMOLED is beautiful to look at.”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “Guitar amp and effects pedal built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06” “It's really beautiful to touch!”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “Guitar amp and effects pedal built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06” Fun to tinker with
“Take the fun up a level with the Waveshare ESP32-S3 AMOLED 2.09” watch.”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch” “This looks fun, maybe I'll need to try this next!”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch” “This devkit does look fun.”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “Guitar amp and effects pedal built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06”
Other microcontrollers people recommend
The four most recommended other microcontrollers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP32 | 190 | 35 | 84% | 12 | 5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Arduino boards | 81 | 73 | 53% | 12 | 16 yrs7 owners | — |
| Raspberry Pi Pico | 72 | 16 | 82% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Raspberry Pi RP2350 | 47 | 13 | 78% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06This page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the quality has been good for all I've seen from them”
“This S3 board has a tiny speaker, and I think for a demo it will work just fine”
“my iPad hates the other cable and the Mac”
“It's really beautiful to touch!”
“Pretty neat getting decent audio DSP out of an ESP32”
“AMOLED is beautiful to look at.”
“This devkit does look fun.”
“This devkit is awesome. I ported my game engine to it”
“This looks fun, maybe I'll need to try this next!”
“Take the fun up a level with the Waveshare ESP32-S3 AMOLED 2.09” watch.”
“you should get the ESP32-S3 version. It's better than the C6”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.