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If only this had bluetooth / WiFi in it. I think it would have made a wonderful IoT controller. Oh well... missed opportunity.

• Gracana 10y ago
  Missed opportunity? More like disaster averted. There are a million little linux widgets out there, and most people just run existing software on them, because working with embedded linux is complex and tool-heavy. Instead, they have a cheap and simple little microcontroller that you can program with the Arduino IDE. Way more approachable.
  • illicium 10y ago
    Bluetooth/WiFi doesn't require embedded Linux. The venerable ESP8266 can be easily programmed through the Arduino IDE.
    • eltoozero 10y ago
      "Venerable" implies some worthiness. ESP8266 is a hacker friendly wifi gadget, for $2, but otherwise garbage. You get what you pay for. Also it's wifi only, not bluetooth.
      • blhack 10y ago
        In what ways is the ESP garbage?
      • illicium 10y ago
        ESP32, the successor to the ESP8266, has both WiFi and Bluetooth, but it's fairly expensive.