B4R Question Is Arduino MKR Zero supported by B4R ?

[peacemaker]

Hi, All

Is it supported now in B4R fully?
What about MKR WIFI 1010 ?

 

[Erel]

Almost any board that works with Arduino IDE will work with B4R. Have you encountered any problem?

What about MKR WIFI 1010 ?

There is no wifi library for this one. I did start writing one in the past and found it to be unstable. They probably improved it since.

I recommend you to use ESP8266 / ESP32 instead.

 

[peacemaker]

Have you encountered any problem?

No yet, i'm chosing the platform what to use for the sensor development. BPI M2 Zero SBC consumes > 200 mA, so i guess, for 10-20 days of work on a battery i have to choose some MCU board (with WiFi), not CPU SBC...

Are ESP32 variants better than ESP8266 by some functions ? But what about B4R support (libs, stability) for these two: ESP8266 and ESP32 ?

But MKR WIFI 1010 is based on ESP32, as i can understand - does it mean that ESP32 is not stable supported in any devices ?

 

[Erel]

Are ESP32 variants better than ESP8266 by some functions ? But what about B4R support (libs, stability) for these two: ESP8266 and ESP32 ?

Both are supported and are stable.

ESP32 is more powerful.

 

[peacemaker]

They probably improved it since.

What do you mean, Erel ? What improved ?

 

[Erel]

MKR WIFI SDK.

 

[peacemaker]

MKR WIFI SDK.

So, from B4R side - is there use to buy MKR WIFI 1010 now to try ? WiFi is needed for sure.