RTL8710 WiFi

It was time ESP8266 to get some similar competitive products on market. Realtek RTL8710 is Wireless Transceiver Module SOC with ARM Cortex M3. Cpu is clocked from 80 to 166 MHz, memory is 48K and is running FreeRTOS.
Price on this Iot soc is starting from ~ 2 to 3 usd.

Realtek is one of the world's leading IC suppliers, design and development of wired and wireless communications network. This remote wireless transceiver module is one of best price IOT products on the market. RTL8710 is focused on the smart home, home automation, industrial wireless control, sensor networks, wearable electronics, wireless location-aware devices and security ID tag.

RTL8710 Specification:

• CPU:ARM-CM3
• Memory:48K
• Flash:1M
• OS:FreeRtos
• GPIO:21
• I2C:2
• Working Voltage:3-3.6V
• Working Current:80mA

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