Running a webserver is not the same as hosting a service. For the software examples requested by OP, an ESP32 is useless
Comment on good alternatives to raspberry pi which are cheap and efficient?
damnfinecoffee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve recently been looking into ESP32 programming - they’re microcontrollers with onboard Bluetooth and WiFi, that are smaller yet more powerful than Arduinos. Randomnerdtutorials gets recommended a lot elsewhere; I believe I saw one tutorial for running a web server on an ESP32.
If you need a full OS and/or more resources, I’m not sure raspberry pi can be beaten (at least, that’s how the market was years ago when I was looking)
Scrath@feddit.de 8 months ago
damnfinecoffee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ah must’ve skimmed over that part, my bad. The home automation part jumped out to me
KDE@monyet.cc 8 months ago
It’s Alright but for me microcontrollers like the one you told me are out of way since i need to run most and foremost docker for things like jellyfin /adgaurd home etc.
m_randall@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You alluded to this already but ESP32 et al is really awesome but they (and arduino) are microcontrollers, not mini pcs like a raspi which have very different purposes.
You CAN run a webserver on a microcontroller but you’re essentially writing a program to do so. On a raspi you’re installing a full OS and then installing apps (nginx, Apache, jellyfin etc).
Conversely raspi has GPIO which can be used to easily interface with electronics just like the ESP32 but now you’re stuck maintaining a whole os to make your LED blink.