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The WiFi (& Bluetooth) IC used in the Pi Pico W retails for ~$2.5, and presumably a bit less in volume (considering the Pico W is only $2 more than the base Pi
by nereye 2y ago
The WiFi (& Bluetooth) IC used in the Pi Pico W retails for ~$2.5, and presumably a bit less in volume (considering the Pico W is only $2 more than the base Pi Pico.
- ryao 2y agoWhere can you find it for $2.5? The last I looked, it was around $6.
- ta988 2y agoThey are talking about the radio chip that's on the Pico W. not the whole pico w.
- ryao 2y agoI am asking about the radio chip. The last I checked, buying one from a distributor costs around $6. You would need to do a huge order to get the price down to $2.5 per chip. The required order quantity is so huge that distributors do not list it.
- nereye 2y agoFrom https://octopart.com/search?q=CYW43439¤cy=USD&specs=0 https://octopart.com/search?q=CYW43439¤cy=USD&specs=0. Indeed the lowest price $2.551 from Arrow has a MOQ of 5000 but Newark does have it for a promotional price of $2.73 for quantities as low as 1. It’s not $2.5 but that’s why it was quoted as ~$2.5 in my reply, since it’s in the ballpark.
- ryao 2y agoThanks. I had not known about octopart.
- blkhawk 2y agoyou can get certain variants of the esp32 at around 2USD. that gets you a whole board with USB-c.
- baq 2y agoEsp32-c3 super mini is less than $2 with free shipping from AliExpress. The usb-c cable I use to power it is more expensive. I get a serious cognitive dissonance when I think about it too much.