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By RichardS
#418
jonsmirl wrote:$0,36 at Digikey for a Cortex-M0
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/e ... ND/4842995
But only 8KB flash and 2KB of RAM.


I was hoping he was going to quote larger parts :-) Thanks!

I am pretty much on top of the pricing of M3/M4 stuff, so I was hoping I missed something.

Richard.
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By jonsmirl
#419
spacejunkie wrote:I was thinking on the same lines, but might consider it for lower volumes too. The applications I have in mind do not require complex programming.

I anticipate that the maker community will be drawn to ESP8266 and support from the community will much better than what you could get from TI.

ARM processors are available for as low as 32 cents and 8 bit micros are even cheaper. So if power consumption or board space is not a concern then you can simply use ESP8266 as a peripheral. Even with the additional micro, the cost is still lower than CC3200 or any other WiFi soultion.

If TI revises the cost of CC3200 to around $3 then it might tip the scale in TI's favor. But it has to do it before ESP8266 or any other SoC gains critical mass.


TI has some of the best support available. It will be better than anything you'll get from a volunteer community. TI is paying skilled people to support their products and they have been doing it for a very long time.

Dev board here: http://www.ti.com/tool/cc3200-launchxl
Complete documentation for the chips, gerbers, schematics, open source development tools, etc.
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By jonsmirl
#420
admin wrote:
jonsmirl wrote:$0,36 at Digikey for a Cortex-M0
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/e ... ND/4842995
But only 8KB flash and 2KB of RAM.


I was hoping he was going to quote larger parts :-) Thanks!

I am pretty much on top of the pricing of M3/M4 stuff, so I was hoping I missed something.

Richard.


LPC1311 is sub $1. It is Cortex M3. 8K flash 4K RAM
http://www.chip1stop.com/web/USA/en/dis ... P1-0028538