Hey- sorry about how long this has sat. We've been swamped with improving/producing Tiny Arcade and some other projects. We definitely recognize you as a fan
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and I appreciate your posts. This is a good topic for some discussion, plus we rarely get around to sharing what we're working on..
The Pi is definitely the dark side as far as I'm concerned
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Any of the small hardware shops like us of course can't directly compete. However right now our entry price for a processor board plus BLE or WiFi is pretty hefty compared to most. We are looking at what we can do for about $30:
1. NRF52 processor board. This is a duh, especially with much smaller modules available vs. the NRF51.
2. ESP8266 main board. ESP8266 support feels pretty mature now, but limited IO has slowed us down for a standard processor board. We can't compete with the $3 breakout boards as always, but I think we can make something tiny and unique that will make sense at a bit higher price. Hopefully we can look into ESP32 after that.
Plus new processor boards, helping our current BLE/WiFi options, especially when USB is needed:
3. We should finally have our 'TinyZero' out some time soon(the same Cortex M0+ as TinyScreen+, but in TinyDuino format) for less than $30
4. TinySeven(!) prototypes are on the way
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Thanks,
Ben