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I don't like Pi for IoT, its too heavy, a fucking OS for IoT is heavy, no way am I using that for controlling light bulbs.
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
I don't like Pi for IoT, its too heavy, a fucking OS for IoT is heavy, no way am I using that for controlling light bulbs.
- charcircuit 5y agoHow is it heavy? You can have it turn off / on a light bulb in less that a millisecond. Why would you need it to be faster than that?
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI don’t need Linux to turn off a lightning bulb the same way I don’t need a supercomputer to run Microsoft word.
- charcircuit 5y agoSimilarly you could run Word on a computer from the 90s, but it's easier and more continent to use a modern PC.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoA Raspberry Pi will absolutely not be faster at turning on a lightbulb versus embedded solutions, running it through the linux stack will make it much slower.
- charcircuit 5y agoNobody cares if your light bulb turns on in 1 microsecond vs 1 millisecond (these are example figures). Sure it may be slower, but both fall within the nonfunctional requirements of the under.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI do, having an OS will have more errors so it won't be as reliable. Want to use a Rube Goldberg machine to turn on your lightbulb? Not me.
- Havoc 5y agoWell I’ve got esp too but pi is much easier to troubleshoot and program
- GhettoComputers 5y agoWhat are you running on your ESP? Are you using https://github.com/FreeRTOS https://github.com/FreeRTOS or arduino? Low level embedded is harder for sure.
- Havoc 5y agoI’m using ESPHome extension for home assistant which has been fantastic because you can flash code on over the air and the initial flash can be done from a browser (Which still blows my mind)
- GhettoComputers 5y agoYeah the ESP is like what I wanted in the arduino. A WiFi module would have cost so much more for that hardware.