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MxChip has something interesting, but yeah, they're Chinese. http://mxchip.cc/ http://mxchip.cc/ There are no non Chinese alternatives, sadly, and even using o
by squarefoot 3y ago
MxChip has something interesting, but yeah, they're Chinese. http://mxchip.cc/ http://mxchip.cc/
There are no non Chinese alternatives, sadly, and even using only a Chinese network chip, this wouldn't protect from backdoors contained in the network chip firmware itself.
I wouldn't like my hardware to be filled by backdoors by anyone, but if I had to choose, I would always choose backdoors from China, if not because I assume they'd be a lot less interested in spying me than my own government (that is, I would be to them a hop to reach a target, not the target) and also backdoors that connect to government addresses in my own country would be harder to spot and block compared to those connecting to another continent.
In doubt, I would put that stuff behind a dedicated firewall anyway, no matter who makes the chips.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoInfineon has a line of WiFi chips acquired via Cypress and originally developed by Broadcom.
- antoniuschan99 3y agoI recently discovered an even cheaper wifi + ble chip that's widely used in the Tuya Devices called Beken (they migrated away from Espressif it seems). I can't find much info on it so guessing Chinese IoT companies have to buy them in bulk. They also have an sdk I'm guessing for HomeAssistant users called OpenBeken. https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/02/03/beken-bk7256-320-mhz-dual-core-risc-v-iot-mcu-offers-wifi-6-bluetooth-5-2-jpeg-video-encoder-decoder/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/02/03/beken-bk7256-320-mhz...