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I switched from using Arduinos to using ESP8266-based devices, partly for cost reasons, but also to gain the on-board WiFi support. Having a small device with
by stevekemp 9y ago
I switched from using Arduinos to using ESP8266-based devices, partly for cost reasons, but also to gain the on-board WiFi support.
Having a small device with WiFi makes it a lot easier to do interesting things - such as pulling data via Web-based APIs, and submitting readings of sensors to MQ, etc.
Having a "real computer", like a PI, or a blue-pill is nice, but suddenly there is a lot more to think about.
- leggomylibro 9y agoI really like the ESP8266 for small one-offs, but I usually code for them with tons of abstraction, in something like NodeMCU or MicroPython. Because I can't justify learning the nitty-gritty of some proprietary 'Tensilica' core. Lately I've been meaning to look into using NRF24L01 transceivers for wireless communications in projects, since breakouts for them are less than $1 each and have the same footprint as an ESP-01 module.