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illicium | 9 years ago

Bluetooth/WiFi doesn't require embedded Linux. The venerable ESP8266 can be easily programmed through the Arduino IDE.

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eltoozero|9 years ago

"Venerable" implies some worthiness.

ESP8266 is a hacker friendly wifi gadget, for $2, but otherwise garbage.

You get what you pay for.

Also it's wifi only, not bluetooth.

blhack|9 years ago

In what ways is the ESP garbage?

illicium|9 years ago

ESP32, the successor to the ESP8266, has both WiFi and Bluetooth, but it's fairly expensive.