Re:Unpopular Opinion: Don’t Use a Raspberry Pi for That
by dheera on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @12:17PM
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> Want to have something that opens your curtains or flashes some RGB lights in your hallway or whatever? Pick yourself up an Arduino / ESP32
The reason I'd go for an ESP32 for this use case isn't because RPis are overkill, but rather because it's much easier to write, compile, flash, and run code on bare metal on an ESP32 that has access to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi but isn't vulnerable to file system corruption. You can do this on an RPi, it's just much harder.
The reason I'd go for an ESP32 for this use case isn't because RPis are overkill, but rather because it's much easier to write, compile, flash, and run code on bare metal on an ESP32 that has access to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi but isn't vulnerable to file system corruption. You can do this on an RPi, it's just much harder.