On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 8:58 AM <karl@???> wrote:

> o1bigtenor:
> > Looking at ESP8266 [...]
>
> Regarding the hardware side of this. I'm a little wary of all thoose
> little "ready made" cards/modules, since when you need to put it to
> use there is always the little detail about connectors and enclosures
> and what environment you want to deploy it in, and you might find out
> you still have to make a pcb for all connectors, interface components
> and power handling --- so you might just as well do it from scratch.
>
> Unless you need some more computing power and needs mcus/memory in bga
> package (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array) which doesn't
> lend itself to home manufactoring. For such cases I'd prefer SMARC:
> https://sget.org/standards/smarc/
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMARC
>
>
> This is where I am thinking of employing important modules and sticking
them
together on pcbs myself - - - small scale manufacturing. A little soldering
is not
a thing to fear - - imo.

Regards