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by biosboiii 1113 days ago
Main thing everyone overlooks: If you can run the same program in C on a MCU for 5 cents less, they are absolutely gonna go with that.

Cost cutting in high volume electronics is crazy.

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There are plenty of usecases for electronics which is not high volume. And many cases where the BOM margin are not the cost driver, such as when installation/setup costs dominate. And projects where cost is secondary to thing like time-to-market, ability to integrate/customize et.c.