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Does the packet processing for WiFi and bluetooth take cycles from the CPU, or is the CPU 100% available to the application code? I read the blurb but it didn't
by tasty_freeze 6y ago
Does the packet processing for WiFi and bluetooth take cycles from the CPU, or is the CPU 100% available to the application code? I read the blurb but it didn't address this question.
- notum 6y agoIt looks like it does take cycles from the CPU but the expensive cryptographic processing is still offloaded to a dedicated chip. Old ESP32 has a dedicated protocol CPU: https://www.exploreembedded.com/wiki/Overview_of_ESP32_features._What_do_they_practically_mean%3F https://www.exploreembedded.com/wiki/Overview_of_ESP32_featu...