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The ESP32-C5 is Espressif's first chip with native 5GHz WiFi support. Many surveillance devices (Flock Safety, some Ring cameras, corporate tracking APs) operate on 5GHz bands. AirHound currently only scans 2.4GHz channels 1–13, missing a significant portion of the wireless landscape.
Summary
The ESP32-C5 is Espressif's first chip with native 5GHz WiFi support. Many surveillance devices (Flock Safety, some Ring cameras, corporate tracking APs) operate on 5GHz bands. AirHound currently only scans 2.4GHz channels 1–13, missing a significant portion of the wireless landscape.
Inspired by ESP32DualBandWardriver, which ships on the ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1 v1.2.
Key Points
esp-halC5 support is maturing — RISC-V architecture (not Xtensa), simpler toolchainscanner.rsframe parsing is band-agnostic (802.11 is 802.11) — no changes neededboard.rsneeds a new board variant with C5 pin definitionsesp32c5)Implementation Considerations
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