ESP32 model for use with SoundTouch 20 (SixBack) obsolete

[bitman1012]

The ESP32 board that is recommended in the SixBack program, esp32-s3-devkitc-1 (N16R8V), is no longer available.
It appears that 8MB may be sufficient for Flash based on the other development kits.
What Board is now recommended?
Would you please update the supported hardware list?
Thanks.

[tostmann]

Thanks! The board in the docs (ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1, N16R8) is just what I tested on — the real requirements are smaller than they look. The app is ~1.6 MB and the web UI ~160 KB, so even with the A/B OTA layout the footprint is ~4 MB; 16 MB isn't required.

The real requirement is PSRAM — the S3 build needs it for the TLS/HTTPS path (Spotify, OTA), so look for an "R8" in the name (8 MB PSRAM), e.g. N8R8 or N16R8. Any S3 DevKitC-1 (clones are fine) with PSRAM works.

A 16 MB one is the tested config; an 8 MB+PSRAM board should work but needs a partition-table tweak (not tested yet) — happy to add an 8 MB variant if there's demand. I'll update the hardware list to spell out "S3 + PSRAM" rather than a single SKU.