alt Hacker NewsPCs don't have GPIO. They're different markets and the desktop replacement never materialized.
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bluescrn • yesterday at 11:24 PM
For most projects using GPIO, a <$10 ESP32 board or Arduino clone will suffice
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PCs don't have GPIO. They're different markets and the desktop replacement never materialized.
For most projects using GPIO, a <$10 ESP32 board or Arduino clone will suffice
You get GPIO and any other needed interfaces on any PC, by adding a $10 microcontroller on a USB port, e.g. one of the STM Nucleo boards.
If you use a PC or mini-PC that you already have, that is much cheaper than using a Raspberry Pi or similar.