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WeAct ESP32-C6-Mini is the cheapest ESP32-C6 board so far going for less than $4
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Everything microcontrollers: projects, questions, new releases, etc.
dragontamer's Beginner Guides:
Beginner Series I: What is a Microcontroller?
Beginner Series II: The "Generic" Microcontroller
Beginner Sidenote: Microchip's Signal Chain Design Guide
Beginner Series III: Skills and Complexity Tiers
Beginner Series IV: Deep Dive into Microchip's AVR EA
Possibly a daft question, but what are they used for?
Are you asking what are microcontrollers in general used for or what this particular microcontroller is used for?
A bit of both. I've seen ESP32 microcontrollers mentioned a few times in the past, but they only tend to have generic descriptions, like 'they can control things', which are not very helpful.
Are these the types of controllers that can take inputs from sensors in plant pots, for example? Do they then forward that information to another system so that you don't have potentially dozens or hundreds of sensors connecting to one device?
Apologies if these are basic questions, the post piqued my interest earlier :)
Check out the sidebar. @dragontamer@lemmy.world has written some great guides that should answer your questions. Here's the first one to get you started https://lemux.minnix.dev/post/10943
Well I feel a bit daft 🙈
I'd completely forgotten about sidebars in communities. Thanks for the reminder :)