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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Powerful Linkit Smart_7688 IOT for < $16
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| JohnL Senior Member  Joined: 10/01/2014 Location: SeychellesPosts: 128 |
For those that understand and interested. http://www.seeed.cc/linkit_smart_7688/ http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/LinkIt_Smart_7688_Duo |
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| robert.rozee Guru  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2289 |
LinkIt Smart 7688 • 580 MHz MIPS CPU. • Single input single output(1T1R) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. • Pin-out for GPIO, I2C, I2S, SPI, UART, PWM and Ethernet Port. • 32MB Flash and 128MB DDR2 RAM. • USB host. • Micro SD slot. us$12.90 this does raise the question: why are we bothering to build hardware ourselves? are we indeed building things that are better? different/unique in some way? lower power consumption? cheaper? when ready-made hardware is available so cheaply, it seems to make more sense to simply buy it in. this leads back to the argument for porting mmbasic to the RPi A+ (or Pi Zero). cheers, rob :-) |
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kiiid Guru Joined: 11/05/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 671 |
Rather philosophical question. I will answer it the way I see it. We build for the joy of making something and the pride of seeing the result of your work. If we lose that spark, all what's left is the colourless consumerism, where more always means better. In my world though, more does not necessarily mean better, and creativity is worth more than money. http://rittle.org -------------- |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3659 |
$12.90 in theory - if they had any... Wonder if/when that'll be (and what S/H will be)... John |
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MicroBlocks Guru Joined: 12/05/2012 Location: ThailandPosts: 2209 |
@Kiiid, Best answer ever! I agree with it fully. Microblocks. Build with logic. |
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| circuit Senior Member Joined: 10/01/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 231 |
@Kiiid - My first post on this forum; what a well-expressed and purposeful philosophy for me to agree with in this first post. I echo your thoughts completely - and I am enjoying my first days with Micromites. What a generous chap Geoff is to share such technological inventiveness with us. Where would this have been if Geoff had been more "consumerist" in HIS thinking? Here's to creativity - the driving force behind what we do and what we enjoy. |
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