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I was talking in terms of IoT devices using these chips - more of them are likely to be on home networks, using WPA2 Personal than in offices using the enterpri
by mpettitt 7y ago
I was talking in terms of IoT devices using these chips - more of them are likely to be on home networks, using WPA2 Personal than in offices using the enterprise version. For offices, wired smart devices or higher end wireless devices are more common, which tend to use custom silicon, rather than COTS modules like the ESP ones. Hue bulbs, for example, don't use ESP derived chips (if only because they need Zigbee rather than WiFi), and not does Lutron kit (z-wave), although Lifx bulbs do.
- tidepod12 7y agoHome automation on personal networks is certainly a large use case for these devices, but I think you underestimate the number of ESP8266/32 devices that are used in enterprise environments. The Industrial IoT space is pretty big, using small wifi chips like the ESPs for stuff like factory data collection or data center monitoring. I also have personally seen them used in medical device environments and security systems (think wireless door sensors and the like). The "big boys" probably use custom made silicon (but even then I've seen custom-made silicon with an ESP8266 mounted onto it to abstract out the wifi connection part), but I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of IIoT startups use the ESPs as part of their products.