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Hardware & Functionality Support

Note

The tables below indicate whether we support using the piece of functionality in a portable manner, through an abstraction layer and platform-aware configuration.

Hardware support is organized into tiers, each with their own testing policy:

  1. Tier 1 hardware gets regularly tested, either automatically or manually.
  2. Tier 2 hardware only gets tested infrequently, but Ariel OS maintainers do have access to the hardware.
  3. Tier 3 hardware is build-tested only, as Ariel OS maintainers do not have access to the hardware.

Tiers therefore are not related to the functionality coverage of each piece of hardware, and only says something about how much testing they undergo.

Tier 1

Tier 1 hardware gets regularly tested, either automatically or manually.

Chip Testing Board Functionality
Manufacturer Name Ariel OS Name Manufacturer Name Ariel OS Name GPIO Debug Output I2C Controller Mode SPI Main Mode UART Logging User USB Wi-Fi Bluetooth Low Energy Ethernet over USB Hardware Random Number Generator Persistent Storage
nRF52833 nrf52833 BBC micro:bit V2 bbc-microbit-v2 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – – ✅ – ✅ ✅
ESP32-C3 esp32c3 Espressif ESP32-C3-LCDkit espressif-esp32-c3-lcdkit ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ❌ – ✅ ❌
ESP32-C6 esp32c6 Espressif ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1 espressif-esp32-c6-devkitc-1 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ❌ – ✅ ❌
ESP32-S3 esp32s3 Espressif ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 espressif-esp32-s3-devkitc-1 ✅ ✅ 🚦 🚦 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌
nRF52840 nrf52840 nRF52840-DK nrf52840dk ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
nRF5340 nrf5340 nRF5340-DK nrf5340dk ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
RP2040 rp2040 Raspberry Pi Pico rpi-pico ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – – ✅ ✅ ✅
RP235xa rp235xa Raspberry Pi Pico 2 rpi-pico2 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ – – ✅ ✅ ✅
RP235xa rp235xa Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W rpi-pico2-w ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
RP2040 rp2040 Raspberry Pi Pico W rpi-pico-w ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
STM32C031C6 stm32c031c6 ST NUCLEO-C031C6 st-nucleo-c031c6 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – – – – – ❌
STM32H755ZI stm32h755zi ST NUCLEO-H755ZI-Q st-nucleo-h755zi-q ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – – ❌ ✅ ☑️
STM32WB55RG stm32wb55rg ST NUCLEO-WB55RG st-nucleo-wb55 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ❌ ✅ ✅ ☑️
STM32U083MC stm32u083mc STM32U083C-DK stm32u083c-dk ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – – ✅ ✅ ☑️

Key:

✅
supported
☑️
supported with some caveats
🚦
needs testing
❌
available in hardware, but not currently supported by Ariel OS
–
not available on this piece of hardware

Tier 2

Tier 2 hardware only gets tested infrequently, but Ariel OS maintainers do have access to the hardware.

Chip Testing Board Functionality
Manufacturer Name Ariel OS Name Manufacturer Name Ariel OS Name GPIO Debug Output I2C Controller Mode SPI Main Mode UART Logging User USB Wi-Fi Bluetooth Low Energy Ethernet over USB Hardware Random Number Generator Persistent Storage
ESP32-C6Fx4 esp32c6fx4 DFRobot FireBeetle 2 ESP32-C6 dfrobot-firebeetle2-esp32-c6 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ❌ – ✅ ❌
nRF9151 nrf9151 Nordic Thingy:91 X nordic-thingy-91-x-nrf9151 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚦 ✅ – ❌ – – ❌ ✅
nRF52832 nrf52832 nRF52-DK nrf52dk ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ – – ✅ – ✅ ✅
nRF9151 nrf9151 nRF9151-DK nrf9151-dk ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚦 ✅ – – – – ❌ ✅
nRF9160 nrf9160 nRF9160-DK nrf9160dk-nrf9160 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – – – – ❌ ✅
ESP32-C6Fx4 esp32c6fx4 Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C6 seeedstudio-xiao-esp32c6 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ❌ – ✅ ❌
STM32L475VG stm32l475vg ST B-L475E-IOT01A st-b-l475e-iot01a ✅ ✅ 🚦 🚦 🚦 ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ☑️
STM32F401RE stm32f401re ST NUCLEO-F401RE st-nucleo-f401re ✅ ✅ 🚦 🚦 ✅ ✅ – – – – – ❌
STM32U585AI stm32u585ai STEVAL-MKBOXPRO st-steval-mkboxpro ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Key:

✅
supported
☑️
supported with some caveats
🚦
needs testing
❌
available in hardware, but not currently supported by Ariel OS
–
not available on this piece of hardware

Tier 3

Tier 3 hardware is build-tested only, as Ariel OS maintainers do not have access to the hardware.

Chip Testing Board Functionality
Manufacturer Name Ariel OS Name Manufacturer Name Ariel OS Name GPIO Debug Output I2C Controller Mode SPI Main Mode UART Logging User USB Wi-Fi Bluetooth Low Energy Ethernet over USB Hardware Random Number Generator Persistent Storage
nRF51822-xxAA nrf51822-xxaa BBC micro:bit V1 bbc-microbit-v1 ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ – – ❌ – ✅ ❌
ESP32-C3 esp32c3 Espressif ESP32-C3-DevKit-RUST-1 espressif-esp32-c3-devkit-rust-1 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ – ✅ ❌ – ✅ ❌
ESP32-S2 esp32s2 Espressif ESP32-S2-DevKitC-1 espressif-esp32-s2-devkitc-1 ✅ ✅ 🚦 🚦 ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ – ❌ ✅ ❌
ESP32-S3 esp32s3 Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V3 heltec-wifi-lora-32-v3 ✅ ✅ 🚦 🚦 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌
STM32WLE5JC stm32wle5jc Seeed Studio LoRa-E5 mini seeedstudio-lora-e5-mini ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ 🚦 ✅ – – – – ✅ ☑️
STM32F042K6 stm32f042k6 ST NUCLEO-F042K6 st-nucleo-f042k6 ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ 🚦 ✅ – – – – – ❌
STM32F411RE stm32f411re ST NUCLEO-F411RE st-nucleo-f411re ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚦 ✅ – – – – – ❌
STM32H753ZI stm32h753zi ST NUCLEO-H753ZI st-nucleo-h753zi ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ – – ❌ ❌ ☑️
STM32WBA55CG stm32wba55cg ST NUCLEO-WBA55CG st-nucleo-wba55 ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ 🚦 ✅ – – ❌ – ✅ ❌

Key:

✅
supported
☑️
supported with some caveats
🚦
needs testing
❌
available in hardware, but not currently supported by Ariel OS
–
not available on this piece of hardware