MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688 Review and Garage door opener project
I was searching a device that would have many GPIOs, USB and would have wifi connection. A device that was pretty good was WRTnode, that I was using before to open garage doors. I wanted to make an upgrade, because I had multiple PCB-s around and connections between the PCB-s were problematic sometimes. Searching through internet I found that Mediatek has made LinkIt Smart 7688 device, that would be pretty good for me. It has loads of memory, flash storage and powerful cpu and it costs about 13$. So I bought three of those devices. After about 2 weeks LinkIt devices arrived. Immidiately I plugged one to power and started testing. HARDWARE: The hardware is very nice for that kind on price, the board and connections seem well done. Really good is that the flash memory is visible and can be removed when needed. CPU and memory are covered with metallic covers. When running it gets comfortably warm, nothing hot. There is very small Chip Antenna on the device. My thought wa