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LILYGO T-Dongle C5

Compact USB dongle with ESP32-C5 featuring dual-band WiFi 6 (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 5, 802.15.4, 0.96-inch LCD, TF card slot, and 16MB flash — the first LILYGO dongle with WiFi 6 support.

Starting from

$13.02

Compatible Firmware

Specifications

ArchitectureRISC-V
CPU Cores1
Clock Speed240MHz
PSRAM8MB
Flash16MB
GPIO Level3.3V
Power Input5V
BluetoothBLE 5.0
StoragemicroSD

Components

Espressif ESP32-C5 RISC-V SoC with dual-band WiFi 6 (2.4/5GHz 802.11ax), Bluetooth 5, and 802.15.4 (Thread/Zigbee).

0.96-inch ST7735 IPS LCD with 80×160 resolution, 65K full color, 4-wire SPI interface.

Bus Interfaces

SPI
I2C
UART

Overview

The LILYGO T-Dongle C5 is a compact USB stick-format development board powered by the Espressif ESP32-C5, the first ESP32 with dual-band WiFi 6 (802.11ax) operating on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The ESP32-C5 also supports Bluetooth 5, 802.15.4 (Thread/Zigbee), and integrates a RISC-V processor. The dongle includes a 0.96-inch ST7735 IPS LCD display (80×160 full-color), a TF/microSD card slot for data storage, 16MB flash, 8MB PSRAM, and plugs directly into a USB port for power and data. Compatible with Arduino IDE and ESP-IDF development frameworks, the T-Dongle C5 is ideal for portable WiFi 6 testing, network tools, and compact IoT applications requiring next-generation wireless connectivity.

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