On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:49 PM, P. Taylor Goetz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Oct 25, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Greg Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > > For me, I wanted a devboard with an Ethernet port. Two years ago, there > weren't many out there at a reasonable price. I needed something to act as > a proxy between my ethernet network, and the dozens of microcontrollers in > my house. > > > Hah… I’m in the same boat. Lately i’ve been using a lot of esp8266[1] > boards since they are dirt cheap (< $5), support WiFi, and have a lot of > power for the price. > Yeah, no doubt. That chip is a paradigm shift. Wifi dropped from $40/unit to $5/unit (or less in quantity) in just two years. That change in price opens tons of new possibilities. I've got one sitting around that I'll experiment with, but gots lots of work to do on my wired solutions first... Cheers, -g
