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Same here. I remember hearing about their SD-form-factor product, like, 5 or 10 years ago. Then cheap wireless microcontrollers like the ESP8266 came onto the m
by duskwuff 6y ago
Same here. I remember hearing about their SD-form-factor product, like, 5 or 10 years ago. Then cheap wireless microcontrollers like the ESP8266 came onto the market and made them irrelevant.
- squarefoot 6y agoThey had that SD to WiFi card which was interesting to have say a non connected camera send directly photos to a server through an access point. An ESP8266 or ESP32 might probably accomplish the same by implementing SD card emulation on some of its GPIOs. But the form factor would be much less convenient.
- duskwuff 6y agoAre you sure that was an Electric Imp product? I'm pretty sure those were from other companies, like Eye-Fi (and later others).
- squarefoot 6y agoYou're right, thanks for pointing out. They made a SD looking MCU board with WiFi, but that didn't work as SD emulator they just used the connector because it was cheap and ubiquitous. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/electric-imp-breakout-hookup-guide https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/electric-imp-breakout-h...