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Does this mean we could get open source (hardware) WiFi cards for our Linux Notebooks based on ESP32 in the future?
by opengears 2y ago
Does this mean we could get open source (hardware) WiFi cards for our Linux Notebooks based on ESP32 in the future?
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoDepends on what you mean? The ESP32 isn't open hardware, so on that front, no. But could this potentially let you make an open source card that used the ESP32, absolutely. In fact, you can do that already, it'll just be using some closed source firmware. And replacing that firmware with FOSS is what this is about.
- utensil4778 2y agoNo, and you don't want that in the first place. With an ESP32 you'd be pretty lucky to get more than 10 or 20mbps in ideal conditions. It's also 2.4GHz only.