https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17902043
When you look at what was done, they got Firefox and x-window forwarding working on it. It's super fast. I don't understand why it isn't just fantastic for running all sorts of things on the embedded Linux level.
Why isn't something based on this just super popular?
I'm really missing something here. It's not 512 MB, but 32 MB RAM is (easily) enough to run Go programs. I don't understand why such a cheap and tiny computer doesn't make it super useful for everything. At that price and form factor, you could put it in a toothbrush.
I just can't believe there is no application for this or something like it.
I didn't get a clear answer the last time I asked - do any of you know? What's the big missing piece, what am I missing here? This is an SD card form factor! It's $30! It has 16 GB filesytem! And wifi, wifi, wifi. And weighs less than two pennies.
according to here: https://elinux.org/Wifi_SD it draws 50 mA idle. That means it would run for 2 days on an AA battery (idling).
I Googled the processor the above elinux.org page mentions, and got an exact match on the processor revision here: http://club.dx.com/forums/forums.dx/threadid.626327?page=3 implying it runs 175 Mhz. More than enough to do anything you want, really.
Running a Python script you develop on a desktop should be a breeze.
I don't understand why this isn't driving...anything. Nobody has this thing in anything. And the remarkable achievement of this device is 4 years old (all the links are 4 years old.) So....
.... can you all help me understand why this isn't being used and hacked into anything?