🧠 Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C6 is a budget-friendly microcontroller unit (MCU) powered by the 🔥 Espressif ESP32-C6 chip. Ultra-compact and ready for 🏡 Matter-compliant smart home setups, it brings powerful wireless options to the table:
📶 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 6 🌀 BLE 5.0 🧵 Thread 🐝 Zigbee
📏 With its thumb-sized footprint 👍 and single-sided mount 🧲, it's a perfect fit for space-sensitive builds — from embedded systems to ultra-slim DIY devices.
🔐 Built-in encryption secures your data while simplifying development and speeding up your time-to-market 🚀🔧.
☁️ Seamlessly integrates with major IoT cloud platforms, making deployment smooth and scaling a breeze 🌐⚙️.
Feature
📡 Enhanced Connectivity Blends 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), 🌀 Bluetooth 5 (LE), and 📶 IEEE 802.15.4 radio — enabling smooth implementation of Thread and Zigbee protocols for your IoT projects.
🏠 Matter-Ready Ideal for building Matter-compliant smart home applications, unlocking seamless interoperability across devices.
🔐 On-Chip Security Powered by the ⚡ ESP32-C6, it offers robust encrypted-on-chip protection via secure boot, data encryption, and Trusted Execution Environment (TEE).
📶 Exceptional RF Performance Equipped with an onboard antenna reaching up to 80 meters for BLE/Wi-Fi, plus a UFL connector for optional external antenna integration 🔧.
🔋 Smart Power Efficiency Supports four working modes, including an ultra-low 15 μA deep sleep mode, and offers lithium battery charge management for optimized power usage.
💻 Dual RISC-V Processors Features two 32-bit RISC-V cores: one running at up to 160 MHz for performance tasks, and one at 20 MHz for low-power operations ⚙️.
📏 Classic XIAO Design Maintains the beloved thumb-sized form factor (21 x 17.5 mm) and 🧲 single-sided mount, perfect for compact builds like wearables.
☁️ Cloud-Integrated Effortlessly connects to ESP RainMaker, AWS IoT, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, streamlining deployment and scaling 🌐🚀.
Being the 8th member of the Seeed Studio XIAO family , XIAO ESP32C6 remains the classic XIAO design. All these features make it a perfect fit for either space-limited projects such as wearables, or a production-ready unit for your PCBA designs.
XIAO SoM User Manual open-sources all hardware and software materials of XIAO, providing professional product design guidelines to help you accelerate ideas off the ground, streamline product design, providing a seamless experience from module selection to mass production. You can check Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C6 Datasheet to see more info.
Specification
| Product | XIAO ESP32C6 | ||
| Processor | Espressif ESP32-C6 | Espressif ESP32-C3 | Espressif ESP32-S3R8 |
| two 32-bit RISC-V processors, with the high-performance one running up to 160 MHz, and the low-power one clocking up to 20 MHz | RISC-V single-core 32-bit chip processor with a four-stage pipeline that operates at up to 160 MHz | Xtensa LX7 dual-core, 32-bit processor running up to 240 MHz
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| Wireless | Complete 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 6 subsystem | Complete 2.4GHz Wi-Fi subsystem | Complete 2.4GHz Wi-Fi subsystem |
| BLE: Bluetooth 5.0, Bluetooth mesh | |||
| Zigbee,Thread,IEEE 802.15.4 | / | / | |
| On-chip Memory | 512KB SRAM & 4MB Flash | 400KB SRAM & 4MB Flash | 8M PSRAM & 8MB Flash |
| Interface | 1x UART,1x LP_UART, 1x IIC, 1x LP_IIC, 1x SPI,11x GPIO(PWM), 7x ADC, 1xSDIO | 1x UART, 1x IIC, 1x SPI,11x GPIO(PWM), 4x ADC | 1x UART, 1x IIC, 1x IIS, 1x SPI,11x GPIO(PWM), 9x ADC, 1x User LED, 1x Charge LED |
| 1x Reset button, 1x Boot button | |||
| Dimensions | 21 x 17.8mm | ||
| Power | Input voltage (Type-C): 5V Input voltage (BAT): 4.2V | ||
| Circuit operating Voltage (ready to operate): - USB:5V@9mA - BAT:3.8V@9mA | |||
| Charging battery current: 100 mA | |||
| Power Consumption Model (Supply Power: 3.8V) | Modem-sleep Model: ~ 30 mA Light-sleep Model: ~ 2.5 mA Deep Sleep Model: ~ 15 μA | Modem-sleep Model: ~ 24 mA Light-sleep Model: ~ 3 mA Deep Sleep Model: ~ 44 μA | Modem-sleep Model: ~ 25 mA Light-sleep Model: ~ 2 mA Deep Sleep Model: ~ 14 μA |
| Working Temperature | -40°C ~ 85°C | -40°C ~ 85°C | -40°C ~ 65°C |
Hardware Overview
Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-C6 Onboard
Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-C6 PinOut
Application
Secure and Connected Smart Home, enhancing everyday life through automation, remote control, and more
Space-limited and Battery-Powered Wearables, thanks to their thumb-size and low-power consumption
Wireless IoT Scenarios, enabling rapid, reliable data transmission
Part List
| Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C6 | x1 |
| 7 Pin Header | x2 |