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Re:The amazing $1 microcontroller (2017) by abiogenesis on Thursday September 10, 2020 @02:49AM (#24429594)
It is true that ESP8266 chips are slightly more expensive than 30 cents, but I believe you were not planning to use the development board for mass production.
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Re:The amazing $1 microcontroller (2017) by kumarvvr on Thursday September 10, 2020 @06:41AM (#24430931)
You missed my point. For a commercial product, even 1 USD MCU can be a significant cost addition.
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Re:The amazing $1 microcontroller (2017) by abiogenesis on Friday September 11, 2020 @02:43AM (#24439807)
My comment was a reaction to the following statement. It is true that you should absolutely use the cheapest MCU ignoring the development cost if you are targeting to manufacture millions of those:

> and that 5 USD became a huge cost increase for my overall system.

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