Black Swift [1] guys are telling us: [2] "Want realtime I/O? Add yourself an ATtiny MCU [3] for under $1."
Black Swift is a newer, tinier single-board computer - for 'a bit more embedded' computing than the Raspberry Pi. No audio/video, but a built-in Wi-Fi. Actually, its central SoC in itself is a recent Atheros Wi-Fi chip that happens to have a 400 MHz MIPS 24k CPU embedded. Here's where Black Swift founders see themselves in comparison to the competition: http://www.black-swift.com/images/wiki/BlackSwift-competitio...
Black Swift is a newer, tinier single-board computer - for 'a bit more embedded' computing than the Raspberry Pi. No audio/video, but a built-in Wi-Fi. Actually, its central SoC in itself is a recent Atheros Wi-Fi chip that happens to have a 400 MHz MIPS 24k CPU embedded. Here's where Black Swift founders see themselves in comparison to the competition: http://www.black-swift.com/images/wiki/BlackSwift-competitio...
[1] Black Swift — tiny wireless computer https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133560316/black-swift-...
[2] Using AVR as peripheral controller https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133560316/black-swift-...
[3] ATtiny24A http://www.atmel.com/devices/ATTINY24A.aspx @Octopart https://octopart.com/search?q=ATTINY24A&filter%5Bfields%5D%5...