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This decision was made to allow for non-blocking animation code, as the Ticker library or ESP32's second core are great for this. The vast majority of Lixie 1 users were using Espressif controllers anyways for a cheap gateway for the Lixies to fetch internet time, stocks, analytics, etc. This means that any Arduino Unos, Micros, Pro Minis, Megas, those old controllers are out. This isn't an "Apple killing the headphone jack" moment, for me this was a "Apple retiring the iPod Classic" moment. We have better stuff now, and just like web developers not wanting to hold back potential to make sure a site can run on Internet Explorer, I didn't want to hold back what Lixies were capable of either. The Espressif microcontrollers are amazing, and unless you're going for low-power, (Lixies are not) AVR isn't really right for something like this anymore. Farewell, AVR architecture.
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This decision was made to allow for non-blocking animation code, as the Ticker library or ESP32's second core are great for this. The vast majority of Lixie 1 users were using Espressif controllers anyways for a cheap gateway for the Lixies to fetch internet time, stocks, analytics, etc. This means that any Arduino Unos, Micros, Pro Minis, Megas, those old controllers are out. This isn't an "Apple killing the headphone jack" moment, for me this was a "Apple retiring the iPod Classic" moment. We have better stuff now, and just like web developers not wanting to hold back potential to make sure a site can run on Internet Explorer, I didn't want to hold back what Lixies were capable of either. The Espressif microcontrollers are amazing, and unless you're going for low-power, (Lixies are not) AVR isn't really right for something like this anymore. Farewell, AVR architecture.
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