#raspberry #pi #arduino #cpu - how the history of development of cpu chips led to the inevitable development of things like the pi, but why did this take so long?

Richard Sexton
26 May 2017
"In reality, you don’t need the power of a Raspberry Pi to handle simple embedded applications like an IoT sensor or web-connected LED.

The $5 NodeMCU board, which has built-in Wi-Fi, onboard flash storage, and is equally as easy to program as a Pi, could handle the job elegantly. It includes a web server library if you really need one, or you can use the slimmed down MQTT-based protocol."

cf OCAD U Digital

Stop Using Raspberry Pi for Everything