Post #2180590
2025-11-22 08:13 UTC
@dalias@hachyderm.io @Kadin2048@mefi.social @henk@waag.social 8-bit microcontrollers don't have online threats, CVEs, viruses, or any of that newfangled stuff. I'd much rather buy a product where the software runs on an 8-bit than on some embedded Linux platform, because I'd much more expect it to just work, forever.
Bigger systems open the door to various flavours of enshittification. :-(
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2025-11-22 18:25
@EI3JDB@mastodon.radio @Kadin2048@mefi.social @henk@waag.social That's the same for any microcontroller not running some giant IoT-style OS. There's no reason to use the gratuitously bad 8-bit ones when there are 32-bit ones at same or lower price and with much better ISAs and tooling. 32-bit need not even be bigger (in terms of program ROM, SRAM, etc.); it just means you're not stuck doing wacky shuffling around between registers for basic arithmetic and stuff, using wonky addressing modes that aren't amenable to standard C, C++, or Rust, etc.