That's what does my head in, this $1 "microcontroller" is essentially an entire late-90s computer (although far more powerful in some ways) in a 10mm square package. It's amazing what 20 years of progress will do.

(Don't even get me started on all the on-chip peripherals, it's the hobby roboticist's dream!)

It is, you can do a ton with that "amount" of processing power.

a table to compare specs https://maker.pro/esp8266/tutorial/a-comparison-of-the-new-e...

riscv 240MHz ulp 5 microamp in deep sleep I suppose

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Yes, I always compare it to a beefy Amstrad PC1512, my first PC used at the high school computer club to play Defender of the Crown with beautiful EGA graphics.

The analog inputs are not great, but otherwise agree.

Its not only streaming. Its decompressing video and generating the ntsc signal with little help from the hardware. The video interface is a resistor.

If anything, getting NTSC video out of an Arduino's UART is even cooler: https://github.com/rossumur/Zorkduino