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The onboard Wifi and Bluetooth really makes the barrier of entry for IoT $5 (assuming the stick with the $5 mark)

• cordite 11y ago
  This looks like a full board with ethernet and all the extras. I doubt it will be $5.
• duskwuff 11y ago
  The Raspberry Pi Model B has typically been around $35, not $5.
• whichfawkes 11y ago
  As the other poster mentioned, they've typically been $35. The barrier of entry for IoT is still pretty low though, you can get an ESP8266 for ~$2/ea. That'll handle wifi and can also be your application processor. For another ~$2-3 you could add on a BLE module too.
  • Squonk42 11y ago
    ESP32 is coming with both Wi-Fi and BLE: http://espressif.com/products/hardware/esp32/overview http://espressif.com/products/hardware/esp32/overview
    • Relys 11y ago
      Nice!
• Snorlack 11y ago
  It's already $4 with the new ESP8266-EX from WeMos! Full WiFi stack, 11x GPIO, Analog in, SPI, I2C, 80/160Mhz, 4MB Flash, power/flashing over USB, supported by the Arduino IDE, or just use the NodeMCU Lua firmware with modules for most sensors, displays, MQTT etc. I'm having a blast with them right now. (Edit: http://www.wemos.cc/wiki/doku.php?id=en:d1_mini http://www.wemos.cc/wiki/doku.php?id=en:d1_mini)
  • mciancia 11y ago
    WTF is WeMos? ESP8266 module itself costs below $2
    • Relys 11y ago
      Ummm, I believe it's a board you can surface mount the ESP8266 on to.