T-Dongle C5

A cheap dual-band Wi-Fi 6 stick for scanning and tool firmware.

ESP32-C5Wi-Fi 65 GHzUSB dongle

Availability: Listed
Design: Schematics

Where to buy · 2 shops

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Bring along: Firmware with ESP32-C5 support.
Keep in mind: Tiny screen; no battery.

Source checked · Sep 17, 2026

Image credit
Maker product photo of the T-Dongle C5 · LILYGO

(02) Blueprint

What’s published

Schematics published

LILYGO's T-Dongle-C5 repo has a PDF schematic and chip datasheets, but no editable PCB source (no Gerbers/KiCad/Altium project).

Design files 1

SchematicT-Dongle-C5 V1.1 schematic (PDF)PDFgithub.com

Source 1

Xinyuan-LilyGO/T-Dongle-C5hardware38

git clone https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/T-Dongle-C5.git

Key parts 3

ESP32-C5 All ESP32-C5 devicesMCU + Wi-Fi 6/BT radioDatasheet
APA102addressable RGB LED
ST7735All ST7735 devicesdisplay driver

Research notes

Repo confirmed via gh api and tree listing; schematic PDF fetch returned 200. Only a single PDF schematic is published, no BOM or Gerbers found in the tree.

Every link checked 2026-09-27.

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Markdown JSON

Made the T-Dongle C5? Put the badge on your README; it links here, with every shop that sells it.

Specifications

Core hardware

Processor: ESP32-C5 · 16 MB flash · 8 MB PSRAM
Display: 0.96″ ST7735 IPS · 80 × 160
Radios: Wi-Fi 802.11 ax/b/g/n at 2.4 and 5 GHz · Bluetooth 5 · ceramic antenna
Power: USB powered, 3.3 V logic

Details from the product page

Storage: TF card slot
Development: Arduino, ESP-IDF

Buying

Price: US$13.98 on lilygo.cc
Availability: In stock on the day of review

What still needs checking

Dimensions, weight and battery runtime are not stated unless listed above.
Firmware support for community tools varies by board; check the project before buying.
Regional band variants and antenna versions change what is in the box.