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A few other points to note: The Esp8285 shares a website, which can be reprogrammed without soldering onto test points. However, the first-time firmware instal
by peterburkimsher 7y ago
A few other points to note:
The Esp8285 shares a website, which can be reprogrammed without soldering onto test points. However, the first-time firmware installation must be done over serial, which needs a soldering iron and 3.3V USB-serial adaptor.
I think there's a world market for maybe 1000 of these devices, selling to geeks like us; not enough to justify starting a company selling these to consumers.
Please also email me if you're interested in buying the EspUSB Tiny - I will be placing another order by the end of the year, whatever method I use to sell them, and I need to know roughly how many to ask them to build. Also if you're a salesman who wants to make a quick buck marketing and reselling these, I'd be very happy to let you handle the business side while I do your manufacturing.
Why am I doing it for free? Basically because I think it will look good on my résumé, and I want to start a career in hardware (I studied electronic engineering, but now I have a job writing software for a small startup). If it goes really well though, I'd like to do the same for other gadgets of my own design (e.g. a very small adaptor from miniHDMI on the RPi Zero to HDMI female - a 1.6mm PCB fits perfectly inside an HDMI plug). If it goes badly and I get scared off by regulators and sued, then I'll probably give up and stay in software.