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the__alchemistlast Tuesday at 5:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think they do this though... but it's Zephyr instead of FreeRTOS.

What I want is a Wi-Fi radio that just works like a normal part. No RTOS requirement. No framework or software libs required. Read the datasheet and go.

For some context: This is how LoRa radios work, and this is how Esp-Hosted (Official firmware from Espressif that turns the ESP into a radio IC "coprocessor") works.


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mrheosuperyesterday at 1:29 AM

To have a maintainable Firmware, with TCP/IP stack, you still need some sort of RTOS anyway.

Wireless/network stack is hard.

numpad0last Tuesday at 6:46 PM

I thought ESP32 does exactly the same as Nordic Softdevice model? It's just that people hardly notice, and it's perfectly fine.