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You might not need that kind of processing power continuously, but consider that the lamp has to connect to WiFi securely, then talk to your smart home HUB secu
by gsliepen 4y ago
You might not need that kind of processing power continuously, but consider that the lamp has to connect to WiFi securely, then talk to your smart home HUB securely, meaning setting up TLS connections, and you want it to respond to commands in much less than a second, you want that kind of processing power in bursts.
- BeefWellington 4y agoWe do not need a processor this powerful to do this at all. Garage door openers have been around for ages and the only novel thing here is the strength of the encryption, which could be done in hardware. It's simply that this is "easy" because these chips are plentiful and cheap enough. The stories of Russia harvesting chips from washing machines and dryers to put into munitions systems[1][2] demonstrates just how much "excess" there is in terms of compute power in the average smart device. [1]: https://www.techspot.com/news/94589-russian-tanks-using-chips-household-appliances-due-sanctions.html https://www.techspot.com/news/94589-russian-tanks-using-chip... [2]: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2023-funding-request-for-the-department-of-commerce https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-t...
- tyingq 4y agoThis particular one doesn't do WiFi, just ZigBee...they have a separate bridge box for that. It is a fairly pricey choice for what it's doing...$5-6 per piece for single unit purchases.