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Re:There's an ARM Cortex-M4 with Bluetooth inside a Covid te... by sureklix on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:49AM (#29703428)
> And making it bluetooth removes a source of e-waste!

wait, so bluetooth is cheaper than paper?

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Re:There's an ARM Cortex-M4 with Bluetooth inside a Covid te... by SV_BubbleTime on Monday December 27, 2021 @11:08AM (#29703622)
Cheaper than paper? IDK.

But I have A product that I just did the math on. I was making a “dumb version“ that removed BLE and added two buttons. The BLE version would end up being cheaper. Of course this assumes that the Bluetooth software firmware is already completed, which for me it is.

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Re:There's an ARM Cortex-M4 with Bluetooth inside a Covid te... by tragictrash on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:20PM (#29704400)
Think how small they can produce chips now.
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