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title: "ESP32 IDF based W5500 example"
url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/daniel/projects/ESP32-IDF-based-W5500-example/"
markdown_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/daniel/projects/ESP32-IDF-based-W5500-example/md"
type: "UCC: User Created Content"
author: "daniel"
author_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/daniel/"
original_author: "daniel"
original_url: "https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/"
published: "2021-02-02"
language: "en"
hardware: ["Espressif ESP32", "WIZnet W5500"]
likes: 0
views: 2015
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source: "WIZnet Makers (https://maker.wiznet.io/)"
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# ESP32 IDF based W5500 example

> ESP32 IDF based W5500 example

Original author: daniel (source: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/)

## Components

- **Espressif ESP32** x 1: ESP32 ([docs](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32))
- **WIZnet W5500** x 1: W5500 ([docs](https://docs.wiznet.io/Product/Chip/Ethernet/W5500))
- Software: **ESP-IDF**: ESP-IDF

WIZnet parts: W5500 ([Datasheet](https://docs.wiznet.io/Product/Chip/Ethernet/W5500/datasheet?utm_source=maker&utm_medium=project&utm_campaign=w5500), [product hub](https://maker.wiznet.io/products/w5500/))

## Documents and links

- [basic ethernet example](https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/examples/ethernet/basic) (code)

## Article

An example for W5500 was added to ESP32 IDF (IoT Development Framework). The W5500 supports a hardwired TCP/IP stack. However, since ESP-IDF includes Software TCP/IP Stack (lwip), it operates only using MACRAW mode of W5500.

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Source: https://maker.wiznet.io/daniel/projects/ESP32-IDF-based-W5500-example/