Microcontroller on It's a Binary World 2.0 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/tags/microcontroller/ Recent content in Microcontroller on It's a Binary World 2.0 Hugo en Tue, 03 Sep 2013 04:01:31 +0000 Technology Growth is Pretty Awesome https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2013/09/03/technology-growth-is-pretty-awesome/ Tue, 03 Sep 2013 04:01:31 +0000 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2013/09/03/technology-growth-is-pretty-awesome/ <p>[caption id=&ldquo;attachment_7175&rdquo; align=&ldquo;aligncenter&rdquo; width=&ldquo;604&rdquo;] <a href="https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/images/2013/09/Atmel-Webserver.jpg"><img src="https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/images/2013/09/Atmel-Webserver-1024x768.jpg" alt="Atmel Webserver"></a> Atmel Webserver[/caption]</p> <p>It&rsquo;s pretty neat how much technology has changed in the past 8 years. Eight years ago Rich West and I coded up a web server on a microcontroller ( <a href="https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/my-software-code/?preview=true&amp;preview_id=6706&amp;preview_nonce=0824cea12d">code here</a>) and part of my justification was that, for only $50, someone would be able to have a web server on a microcontroller. Wouldn&rsquo;t that be so awesome for people without a lot of money for technology? Yet, less than a decade later, the Raspberry Pi can be had for around $50 (give or take depending on the features) and implements an entire computer, not just a web server. You can install a full Linux distro on it and do everything that a Linux disto can do (including serve web pages). I hope we can continue to grow technology like this for years to come.</p>

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