Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agoEngineer turns disposable vape pen into a working web serverinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareundefinedTruth@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThe question is why a disposable vape needs a high performance 32-bit 24 MHz ARM MCU. What exactly does it do that can’t be accomplished by an 8-bit microcontroller.
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agothe fancier models come with screens and lite OSs now where you can do useless stuff like set lights and track puffs and what have you
minus-squarephilipsdirk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoReminds me of a great story about a toaster https://www.ganssle.com/articles/toastallessons.htm
The question is why a disposable vape needs a high performance 32-bit 24 MHz ARM MCU. What exactly does it do that can’t be accomplished by an 8-bit microcontroller.
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the fancier models come with screens and lite OSs now where you can do useless stuff like set lights and track puffs and what have you
Reminds me of a great story about a toaster
https://www.ganssle.com/articles/toastallessons.htm