<div dir="ltr">Pete,<div><br></div><div>The article you site implies the problems with crashes are firmware not hardware. $2 for a wifi ARM chip is to interesting to pass up playing with (for me). I've been planning on using the ESP8266 to replace arduino directly (but I'm still inexperienced with the device). </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 11:11 PM, <a href="mailto:pete@soper.us">pete@soper.us</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif'">Yes, the more I read about the 8266 the more it seems like the ultimate "get what you pay for" demo. I could well imagine a lot of snickering going on at TI.<div><br></div><div>Here's a blog post exploring reliability issues:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://flashgamer.com/hardware/comments/esp8266-and-stability" target="_blank">http://flashgamer.com/hardware/comments/esp8266-and-stability</a></div><div><br></div><div>The situation w the EMW3165 is more fuzzy, and it appears that module's developers think everybody has the IAR Embedded Workbench on their (Windows, natch) PC. (the IAR software costs thousands of dollars!) </div><div>Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><span class="">----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Robert Gasiorowski via TriEmbed" <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>><br>To: "Jon Wolfe" <<a href="mailto:jonjwolfe@anibit.com" target="_blank">jonjwolfe@anibit.com</a>><br>Cc: "Craig Cook" <<a href="mailto:cncook001@yahoo.com" target="_blank">cncook001@yahoo.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>><br>Subject: [TriEmbed] wireless device<br></span><div><div class="h5">Date: Tue, Dec 29, 2015 9:45 PM</div></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><div dir="ltr">Anything is better than ESP8266 :) (I can elaborate if you want)<div><br></div><div>If you are looking for something reliable and easy to work with, I would suggest CC3100 (NWP) or CC3200 (NWP+ARM).</div><div>They are not cheap, but they are worth every penny.</div><div><br></div><div>Rob.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Jon Wolfe via TriEmbed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><span style="color:rgb(50,58,69);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">EMW3165, it's actually been around for a while. ARM Cortex m4, 2+0.5 Mb flash, 128 k ram. </span><div><span style="color:rgb(50,58,69);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">There are a few more capable variations too, but you start to run into the price range where you should just get a pi. (Of course the pi zero makes that price point even lower)</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(50,58,69);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(50,58,69);font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><br></span></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Craig Cook via TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>> <br>Date: 12/29/2015 6:51 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: <a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a> <br>Subject: [TriEmbed] wireless device <br><br><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">At our last Triembed meeting someone mentioned there was a new wireless device coming our soon that was better than the esp8266. What was it?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Craig<br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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