Future of 32 bit time_t?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:09:34 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> gem at rellim.com said:
> > On the flip side, when a RasPi zero is $5 retail qty/1 no need to
> > worry about compute power in the coffee pot.   
> 
> I think that depends on your target market.  If you are selling a
> hand polished gold plated coffee pot, it probably doesn't matter.
> 
> At high volumes, if I can get the job done with a PIC/AVR that costs
> less than $1, that's $4 more profit on each coffee pot sold.  Or
> reduce the price by $1 and undercut your competitor so you can sell
> many more...


Can you control your PIC coffeepot from your Alexa?  Otherwise you got no
market now.


RGDS
GARY
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