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About boards like these:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Update-I ... 22888.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wire ... 66449.html

I can't find information about the processor they have on them (other than the ESP8266 cpu), it doesn't look like they have an Atmel chip, can these boards be used just like a teensy or attiny85 board?
Can I upload programs written in C or is it strictly in node.js?

Also, are these chinese boards fine or they're like the fake teensy we see on chinese sites?

The processor on those boards is an ESP8266. The ATMega chip you might find works as a USB/Serial converter.

You can program it using Lua language or using Arduino IDE.

canibalimao wrote:The processor on those boards is an ESP8266. The ATMega chip you might find works as a USB/Serial converter.

You can program it using Lua language or using Arduino IDE.

So I guess you can load programs through usb and these board can do basically the same things as a teensy only this has wifi.

Are these boards I mentioned any good?