top | item 13058876 (no title) illicium | 9 years ago Bluetooth/WiFi doesn't require embedded Linux. The venerable ESP8266 can be easily programmed through the Arduino IDE. discuss order hn newest 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.
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.
illicium|9 years ago ESP32, the successor to the ESP8266, has both WiFi and Bluetooth, but it's fairly expensive.
eltoozero|9 years ago
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
illicium|9 years ago