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Lack of maintenance is a good reason to use a microcontroller. I can understand not wanting to deal with the complexity of a pi and the associated software upda
by yummypaint 6y ago
Lack of maintenance is a good reason to use a microcontroller. I can understand not wanting to deal with the complexity of a pi and the associated software updates, but if you just need to read a sensor or toggle a relay and send a few packets you can write arduino code that is effectively set and forget. Most importantly you can be certain its behavior wont unexpectedly change because of some remote update. It's easier now than it ever has been to get started, things have improved alot in just the last 5 years or so.
- mkup 6y agoYeah, the new microcontroller boards that have Arduino Uno MCU (ATmega328P) and cheap Wi-Fi (ESP8266) bundled on a single board and connected together via UART are really great. I recently got a couple of these from AliExpress for $12 including shipping (for experimenting with sensors), and I noticed that they are really well supported by the Arduino IDE and the open source community in general.
- wiremine 6y agoI'd encourage you to check out the ESP-32. It's not that much more money and supports more features (BLE, actual hardware encryption, etc.)