Bee Motion

Development Board

Code name: Bee_Motion

ESP32S2

Bee Motion is a development board based on the ESP32S2 microcontroller using XTENSA architecture.

This board features a maximum CPU frequency of 240 MHz and 4MB flash memory.

Technical Specifications

Complete technical specification details for Bee Motion

Connectivity

WiFi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz

Bluetooth -

BLE -

Microcontroller

Model esp32s2

Clock Speed 240 MHz

Flash Size 4MB

Architecture xtensa

✨ Features & Pins

Digital IO 21

Analog Input 12

PWM 21

Interrupts 46

Quick Setup

Copy-paste configs for Bee Motion - auto‑generated from this board's exact hardware specs.

ESP32S2 240 MHz 4MB DIO Xtensa

In Arduino IDE 2 select Bee Motion from the esp32 by Espressif package. In PlatformIO use board = esp32-s2-saola-1. ESP32S2 · 240 MHz · 4MB · DIO.

Tools menu settings

Board (select in Arduino IDE) Bee Motion

CPU Frequency 240 MHz

Flash Size 4MB

Flash Mode DIO

Upload Speed 921600

Architecture Xtensa

In Arduino IDE 2, open Boards Manager, search "esp32" by Espressif and install it. Then go to Tools → Board and select "Bee Motion" for the Bee Motion.

platformio.ini


[env:Bee_Motion]
platform  = espressif32
board     = esp32-s2-saola-1
framework = arduino

; Exact hardware config for Bee Motion
board_build.mcu        = esp32s2
board_build.f_cpu      = 240000000L
board_build.flash_size = 4MB
board_build.flash_mode = dio
board_upload.flash_size = 4MB

The board value is a close generic match - check PlatformIO board registry for an exact fit.

esp32: block (YAML)


esp32:
  board: esp32-s2-saola-1
  framework:
    type: arduino   # or "esp-idf"

# Bee Motion - 240 MHz ESP32S2
# Flash: 4MB | USB: N/A

Paste into your device's .yaml. See ESPHome ESP32 docs for full options.

esptool.py - flash command


esptool.py \
  --chip esp32s2 \
  --baud 921600 \
  write_flash \
    --flash_mode dio \
    --flash_size 4MB \
    0x1000 bootloader.bin \
    0x8000    partitions.bin \
    0xe000    boot_app0.bin \
    0x10000   firmware.bin

Install: pip install esptool - replace firmware.bin with your binary - bootloader at 0x1000

Useful Links

Datasheets and resources for Bee Motion

ESP32S2 Datasheet

Microcontroller reference

Pin Mappings

Complete pinout and GPIO mapping for Bee Motion

Digital I/O Pins

Interrupt Pins

Analog Inputs

PWM Pins

Pin	Analog	Touch	PWM	Other
0				BOOT_BTN
1	A0	T1	PWM
2	A1		PWM
3	A2	T3	PWM
5	A4	T5	PWM	SS
6	A5	T6	PWM
7	A6	T7	PWM
8	A7	T8	PWM
9	A8	T9	PWM
10	A9	T10	PWM
11	A10	T11	PWM
12	A11	T12	PWM
13	A12		PWM
14		T14	PWM
15			PWM	SCK
16			PWM	MOSI
35			PWM	SDO
36			PWM	SDA
37			PWM	SCL SDI
38			PWM	MISO
43			PWM	TX
44			PWM	RX

Legend

A0 Analog input

T0 Touch sensor

PWM PWM capable

RX/TX Serial pins

LED Built-in LED

# Pin number

Default Tools & Configuration

Build and upload settings for Bee Motion

Setting	Value
Bootloader tool	esptool_py
Uploader tool	esptool_py
Network uploader tool	esp_ota
Bootloader address	`0x1000`
Flash mode	dio
Boot mode	qio
Maximum upload size	1280 KB (1310720 bytes)
Maximum data size	320 KB (327680 bytes)