[jacal]

Moore's is about transistor density on an IC.

When the target embedded circuit needs (and energy needs) are far, far tidier, it is laughable to think that a bunch of wasted IC overhead will undercut any advantage to developing the prototype on a board like this. Simple things can and will be simple.

ATMEGA's are looking for problems. General devices don't compete with specialized. See CPU vs. ASIC's in bitcoin. Hi bitcoin miners with GPU's... show me your hands. Here's your ass back.

And I think that's the comment's point. These prototyping platforms are nice for some narrow band of testing ideas, but don't translate for the "hacking the internet all the things!!!" when compared to what the trained circuit-designers do in their sleep and get mass-produced by morning coffee.

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