# esp32p4-jc-m3-dev

A firmware development skill for the Guition JC-ESP32P4-M3-DEV board, covering project setup, board pins, peripherals, and common build issues.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 22
- Author: alexex1993
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alexex1993/mcu-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/esp32/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev

## What it does

This skill covers the board’s GPIO map and connectors, plus PlatformIO configuration with ESP-IDF. Its references discuss silicon revisions, USB flashing, Ethernet, audio, microSD, a MIPI-DSI display, and Wi-Fi via the ESP32-C6. The P4 itself has no radio; wireless support uses `esp_hosted` and `esp_wifi_remote`.

The package includes recipes for `platformio.ini` and `sdkconfig.defaults`, a project template in two variants, and a scaffold script. Pin tables and symptom-to-cause notes help trace hardware issues. The official `espressif32` platform cannot build for the P4, so the documented setup uses `pioarduino`.

The silicon revision affects the build. A bootloader `Illegal instruction` error can point to a revision mismatch, so identify the chip before choosing settings. There is no user LED on the board; a dark indicator does not mean the firmware failed to start.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alexex1993/mcu-skills --skill esp32p4-jc-m3-dev -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alexex1993/mcu-skills --skill esp32p4-jc-m3-dev -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alexex1993/mcu-skills --skill esp32p4-jc-m3-dev -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alexex1993/mcu-skills esp32p4-jc-m3-dev
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alexex1993/mcu-skills --skill esp32p4-jc-m3-dev -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alexex1993/mcu-skills --path skills/esp32/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alexex1993/mcu-skills --skill esp32p4-jc-m3-dev -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/alexex1993/mcu-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/esp32/esp32p4-jc-m3-dev/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure a PlatformIO project for the JC-ESP32P4-M3-DEV
- identify the silicon revision before selecting build settings
- find usable GPIO pins and check the JP1 header map
- set up Wi-Fi through the ESP32-C6 co-processor
- trace bootloader or peripheral failures

## Example prompts
- Set up a PlatformIO project for the Guition JC-ESP32P4-M3-DEV and check its silicon revision settings.
- Show me the microSD pin mapping and how to power the card from the on-chip LDO.
- Diagnose the `Illegal instruction` error when this board boots my firmware.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: esp32p4-jc-m3-dev
description: Firmware development for the Guition JC-ESP32P4-M3-DEV board (JC-ESP32P4-M3 module — ESP32-P4NRW32 with 32 MB in-package PSRAM, 16 MB flash, and an ESP32-C6 radio co-processor on SDIO) — its MIPI-DSI panel and MIPI-CSI camera connectors, IP101 Ethernet, ES8311 codec with speaker amplifier and microphone, microSD on SDMMC, RS485, three USB-C sockets, the 26-pin JP1 header, and the PlatformIO + ESP-IDF (pioarduino) setup around them. Use when working on this board or any ESP32-P4 devkit: project setup, platformio.ini and sdkconfig.defaults, the silicon revision split between rev v1.3 and rev v3.x, why the bootloader dies with "Illegal instruction", the pin map and which header pins are traps, Wi-Fi through esp_hosted and esp_wifi_remote, mounting the TF card and its on-chip LDO, bringing up a DSI panel, the shared I2C bus, audio direction and the amplifier enable, Ethernet RMII pins, choosing a free GPIO, flashing over any of the three USB-C ports, or debugging why something on the board does not work.
---

# Guition JC-ESP32P4-M3-DEV

An ESP32-P4 carrier with a MIPI display connector, a MIPI camera connector, Ethernet,
audio, a card slot, RS485, a battery charger and **three USB-C sockets** — and a radio
that is a second chip you talk to over SDIO.

Three things shape almost every task on this board. First, **the P4 has no radio**:
`esp_wifi` is not the API, `esp_wifi_remote` over `esp_hosted` is, and the ESP32-C6 inside
the module needs its own firmware. Second, **the silicon comes in two mutually incompatible
revisions** and ESP-IDF defaults to the wrong one for the boards being sold — the symptom
is a bootloader that dies with `Illegal instruction`, which reads like corrupt flash.
Third, **there is no user LED**: the only thing that lights is the power indicator, so a
board that "does nothing" is usually a board that is running fine with its console on the
wrong socket.

- `reference/board-hardware.md` — the board: the module pin list transcribed from the
  schematic, every P4 GPIO and what this board did with it, the JP1 header with its four
  trap positions, power tree, Ethernet, I2C, audio, storage, the silicon-revision table,
  the toolchain including the PlatformIO/SCons breakage, flashing, and a
  symptom → cause → fix table.
- `reference/esp32p4-soc.md` — the silicon: why no GPIO is stolen by flash, PSRAM, MIPI or
  the HS USB PHY; strapping pins; ADC1/ADC2 and touch maps; the three USB controllers;
  what the P4 has that no other ESP32 does.
- `reference/esp32-family.md` — the rest of the family, for "should this be a different
  ESP32?" questions.
- `reference/recipes.md` — code: `platformio.ini`, `sdkconfig.defaults`, silicon-revision
```
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